As Fran mentioned, if you are in the US, the easiest place to purchase a node adapter board to set up a Hot Spot is here: http://www.enicomms.com/
If you are in Europe, then you probably want to go here instead: http://www.dutch-star.nl/ For information/questions/etc. join the gmsk_dv_node Yahoo group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/ New non-Satoshi firmware will be available "very soon". And the Hot Spot application already works with this new firmware and drivers. Fred's new drivers also get around the Win7 (x64) issue that plagues the old LibUSB drivers. <tooting my horn> Hot Spot is the most full featured software package for D-Star access available. It can be used as a simplex node, a full duplex repeater, or an auxiliary station to provide D-Plus linking for a "real" Icom D-Star repeater that has no Internet access. Hot Spot has a DVR function that can be used to record and play back QSO's (and alternately export them in DV-Tool format). Hot Spot supports common D-Plus linking commands so that it can be remotely linked/unlinked from a repeater/reflector just like a G2 server. It also supports linking and access authorization lists so you can control who can link and who can even access your Hot Spot. Hot Spot can be used with DRATS as a complete non-Icom data only station. It works with DPRS Interface to Igate DPRS packets to the IS-APRS network. Hot Spot accepts up to 4 simultaneous inbound connections so other Hot Spots and DV Dongles can connect directly to your Hot Spot. Hot Spot can be configured to echo back to all simplex or repeater end users their received signal strength so everyone knows how well they are getting into the Hot Spot with EVERY transmission. Soon I'll be adding connection scheduling so you can set up Hot Spot to automatically connect to various reflectors/repeaters at different times of the day/days of the week. Never miss listing to a net because the DVR will capture it for you! </tooting my horn> No Hot Spot does not support callsign routing. My personal opinion is that the current callsign routing implementation isn't very useful. I don't use it at all, and don't miss it. So pick up a node adapter, set up a Hot Spot, and spread D-STAR! Mark (KB9KHM) --- In [email protected], "ka2ugz" <whitej...@...> wrote: > > WOW what a response for the recent "new guy" post! Seems like an abundance > of energy in this group. > > I saw a presentation and demonstration of a D-Star hot-spot using a node > adapter (Ham Radio University sponsored by GSBARC) and as a result I joined > this group to learn more. > > I am an officer in a Long Island club that operates 3 analog repeaters, two > 70cm and one 2m. We have discussed turning one of them into a D-Star > repeater but the significant investment is beyond the reach of our small > club. I think the node adapter hot spot is well within our grasp though. > > With the closest D-Star repeater on the Empire State Building in NYC there is > not much D-Star activity here and I think the hot-spots will create > opportunity. > > So on to my first question: > > I sent an email to Satoshi (7m3...@... ) to buy an assembled node adapter > which his website says is available (updated 12/23/2009). It has been about > 10-days with no reply and no indication that the email was undeliverable. In > the experience of this group, does it take Satoshi a long time to answer > email? > > I realize that this is probably not his "day job" and he might be overloaded > with requests so please help set my expectation levelÂ… how patient do I need > to be? > > 73 de KA2UGZ - Jay >
