Jim Trulove wrote: > QST, > > The Austin area 2-meter D-Star repeater is operational and the initial > QSO was conducted tonite with K3TD in Georgetown, Texas. > > The repeater is a project of the Austin Amateur Radio Club in > conjunction with the Williamson County ARC. The repeater is currently > at a temporary location near the intersection of US 183 and RR 620/Texas > 45 on a 5dBi omin-directional at ~260 ft. AGL and the antenna is > situated on the East side of the tower. Po to the feedline through the > duplexer is approximately 19 w. > > The AARC is sponsoring the Radio Roundup hamfest this weekend at the > Herman Sons lodge near Decker Lake, which is just east of Austin. There > will be a D-Star special interest display at the hamfest, with a D-Star > demonstration for interested amateurs. For more information, please > consult http://www.austinhams.org/ -- follow the Austin Radio Roundup > link under the masthead to get details and directions. > > In the near future, we will be moving to our permanent site near Parmer > Lane and IH-35 and adding 70cm and 23cm voice repeater and 23cm digital > data modules. At that time, the gateway will be incorporated and we > will be able to support communications to and from remote repeaters on > the D-Star network. > > The repeater call is W5KA (C-module) > The repeater output frequency is 146.48 MHz (+ 1.000 MHz split) > > If you are able to make it to the hamfest this weekend or are able to > visit our fair city in the future, be sure to check us out and say > "howdy" - D-Star digital mode. > > '73, > > Jim Trulove > WB5EMI > >
-- Tad Danley, K3TD EM10dq
