At the end of last week, GB7MH, currently awaiting installation at our repeater site, was connected to the live Icom G2 Trust Network.
The repeater uses my Linux-based G2 compatible code, Robin Cutshaw's DPlus code (unmodified) and Pete Loveall's D-Star Monitor code (unmodified). The repeater is a modified Tait T800 operating in full GMSK mode with 6.25kHz of bandwidth. The interface board is the Satoshi first-generation GMSK Node Adapater. The unit is capable of full callsign routing to/from the live G2 network including station updates. G2 registration is available via a self-service webpage, much the same as on Icom G2 nodes. The system is now on test pending site installation in the next few weeks and usually connected to REF005A. Installation could be delayed if any service-impacting bugs are found - particularly with the G2 SQL replication. I would like to thank (in no particular order) the following people who have made this possible: - Satoshi Yasuda - Jim McClellan - Pete Loveall - Robin Cutshaw - Darren Storer - Iain Philipps - The members of the Ashdown Forest Repeater Group - Anyone else that I asked a dumb question of and was kind enough to help me. NOTE: Until I am happy that the system is stable, software will NOT be available. The G2 network is very fragile, and I need to be 100% sure that this system works without impacting other users before I'm prepared to release it. 73 David - G4ULF
