ipscone wrote: > I've been trying to understand the usage of the UR field. I understand that > it's where you put the destination call sign. But it's usage is a little > vague and confusing. > Hi Mike,
You can find the answers to most of these questions by using the D-Star Calculator http://www.dstarinfo.com/Calculator/Default.htm - it will show you what to put where in Call Sign Memory for each thing you want to do. You can only "monitor" a repeater that you are in radio range of UNLESS someone has LINKED your local REPEATER to a distant REPEATER or REFLECTOR - Then you listen to your local repeater and will hear all linked repeaters. This is where the LINKING command is used in UR (example-REF001CL will link your REPEATER to Reflector 1C). IMMEDIATELY change UR: back to CQCQCQ before you talk. When you are done, UNLINK (UR= U)(SEVEN SPACES then U in the 8th position). 73 Hank - KI4UMX
