I found a use for G2 multicast groups! Contest participation is a bit sparse, probably because DStar is still a bit sparse, but I tired of calling JA repeater modules one by one, so I defined eight multicast groups of five or six JA modules on K5CTX. I used the list of repeaters (the checked ones - those with gateways) from "QSO with Japan via D-Star Gateway-1.pdf" here in the files section. If you decide to do this, here are the groups. Once defined, set UR=/J1A to multicast to call on each of the gateways in that group, etc.
J1A = JP1YIQA, JP1YJQA, JP1YJVA, JP1YJRA, JP1YIKA J1B = JP1YJQB, JP1YJVB, JP1YJXB, JP2YGIB, JP3YHHB, JP8YDZB J2A = JP1YFYA, JP1YJXA, JP2YGIA, JP2YGEA, JP3YHHA J2B = JP3YHJB, JR3VK B, JP4YDUB, JP5YCOB, JP6YHLB, JP7YELB J3A = JP3YHJA, JP3YHNA, JP3YCVA, JR3VK A, JP3YHVA J4A = JR3WZ A, JP4YDUA, JP5YCNA, JP5YCOA, JP6YHLA J5A = JP6YHNA, JR6YZ A, JP7YELA, JP7YEMA, JP8YDZA J6A = JP8YEAA, JP8YEBA, JP8YECA, JP9YEGA, JP0YDPA, JP0YDRA I picked five or six in a group because multicast bogs down on our gateway with any more in a group, plus I didn't want to hit too many gateways at once. When I talked with N5MIJ last night, he had made 18 contacts. I got off to a slow start plagued by local "technical issues", but I've finally worked 18 now. Eleven were JA's. One op said this was his first international QSO as he had just learned how to program his radio! CQ CONTEST! 73, John
