I'm one of the newer gateway admins around, but I think I've got all this right, I'm sure someone will point out anything I got incorrect.
On Mar 6, 2009, at 0:35, ipscone wrote: > > But how does one just "listen" to a distant repeater, or reflector. someone else posted a reference for the calculator that shows this. It lets you pick examples of what you might like to do and how to set up your radio to do them more clearly than I could do in text. > > What would be the disconnect? I also think DPlus might be > involved. But this makes this 2 questions. Can it be done with D- > Star alone? Or only with DPlus. the Icom software does the callsign routing and the /<repeater> direct transmissions. the dplus software does repeater to repeater or repeater to reflector linking that allows you to listen. > > > Is DPlus require? no > Do all repeaters who have D-Star, have DPlus? I think nearly all repeaters with a gateway installed dplus, but that it is not a requirement. > > > Also, I have read some tuturials and they say to put the port (like > "B" or "C") in the 8th position. Is that 8th position a > requirement. That is, if it's in the 7th position on a short > callsign does it then NOT work? Yes, 8th position is a requirement. If you put it in the 7th, it wont do what you want. 73, -debbie, n9dn
