Hi Donald, Hope you find some new converts soon! One of our local hams (W1AGW) really got hooked on Dstar and has been the real leader in our area. Art bought a couple of 2200H radios at good prices and has been loaning them to hams in the area. That is what got me hooked as well as several others. Really built up the local Dstar community. Not suggesting you should / can do this, but it is an idea. 73 Ted W1GRI
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald James Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 20:54 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! Ted, I'm the ONLY one for hours who has a D-Star radio - really! So my only access to D-Star is via my DVAP. The hot-spot/repeater is for my own extended reach if you know what I mean. Donald ~ N2VU -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Wrobel Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! Donald, Maybe you don't need a repeater right away. Try simplex with your fellow Dstar hams. I've been working to promote simplex activity by having a simplex 'event' the second sunday of each month. We plan to kick this off on Aug 8,2010. See www.dstar-ssss. <http://www.dstar-ssss.org> org for more info on the Second Sunday Simplex Society 73 Ted W1GRI _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald James Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 16:37 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! Hi Fran, I'm celebrating D-Star, its just that I didn't anticipate the reactiosn I got from locals about it, saying its just a fad, over-priced for nothing! Whatever, I'm here and happy to be part of this group!! Donald ~ N2VU -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francis Miele Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! don't get discouraged in NY. I hear there may be a hotspot or two going in. Maybe the person planning that can shed some light here on the forum -- Fran. W1FJM _____ From: Donald James <studio...@earthlink <mailto:[email protected]> .net> To: dstar_digital@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 4:40:08 PM Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! Bill, Lucky you! I envey you in that it sounds like your in a great community for a HAM! Unfortunatly where I am in north central New York I've given up on talking about it because its politly being shot down by most of the gys here. I get my radio tomorrow and I cant wait, I'll just keep the pleasure to myself while I talk to friends everywhere else. Best, Donald ~ N2VU
