Hi Thanks for the QSO. Good idea. It was very interesting to hear you from several different repeaters at the same time! Also the One-Touch worked well, so it was quite easy for me to respond your CQ.
73, -- JI1BQW - Kay Ishikawa ----- Original Message ----- On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:02:28 -0000 "john_ke5c" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
