Good morning, Sorry to hear about your experience - I know how frustrating that can be. Have you tried to check the status of the repeater's link? You can do that by programming the "UR" call to be the call sign of the repeater and the eighth character an "I" (with the rest of the call sign fields filled out appropriately). You can look here http://www.dstarinfo.com/Calculator/DSTAR%20Web%20Calculator.aspx for specific programming settings (use the repeater status function).
Another option, if you have a DVDongle, is to attempt to connect to a reflector to see if you are registered with the network. If you are able to transmit (I.E. the transmit button is enabled) you are good to go and the problem is probably with the repeater. I hope this helps and I hope you don't give up on D-STAR. It is a great mode with a lot of great people on it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Good luck & 73, Robert Kluck - N4IJS ----- Original Message ----- From: mdotman <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 7, 2010 8:54 Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] RE: Problems To: [email protected] > I think I have about had it with D-Star hurricane season is > coming up and after living through Katrina I was going to use D- > Star for emergency communication. Up to a couple of weeks ago I > could access the gateway on my local repeater now I can't. I > have been unable to determine if I am still registered or my > gateway repeater is no longer connected. I have tried to contact > the administrator of the gateway I registered with to no avail. > I will probably sell my D-Star equipment and forget about using > it this summer. > >
