You can build it now using Hotspot and switch when G4ULF releases his code. Check out my blog at k7ve.org
-- John D. Hays 206-801-0820 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2010, at 19:17, "Tim Hardy AF1G" <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to build such a repeater when it becomes available. > > > > Tim, AF1G > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of J. Moen > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Are you experiencing anti d-star in your > area? > > > > > > I agree with Donald. There are now some great non-ICOM ways to put up a > repeater. > > > > And according to http://g4ulf.blogspot.com/ G4ULF's work to provide us with a > fully G2 compatible repeater gateway will be released relatively soon. When > connected into the US Trust network, it looks the same as an ICOM G2 gateway, > and it supports callsign routing for those who want that. > > > > It was made to run on the same platform ICOM recommends for their repeater > software -- CentOS -- the free version of Red Hat Enterprise linux. You can > add in other applications like DPlus without modification. > > > > While this may be overkill for home users who basically only need a full > duplex "hotspot," it will offer a powerful non-ICOM alternative for clubs > and major D-Star repeaters. > > > > Jim - K6JM > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Donald James > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:26 PM > > Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Are you experiencing anti d-star in your > area? > > > > With whats out there, I don’t see how you need to go with Icom anymore. The > only thing that the ICOM systems give you (which might be a big thing for > some) is the paging, where you put the specific call you want to talk to so > that it looks for that person anywhere in the world, but if that’s not a > nessesity to you then you can have a 440 D-Star repeater for under $500! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Carl W8KRF > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Are you experiencing anti d-star in your > area? > > Our experience here in Northern Ohio, where we have a new repeater sponsored > by a newly formed group (N.O.D.I.G.), was that Icom is no longer giving > modules away. We tried to get one and were denied. So, we went with a > Satoshi board. We had even offered to guarantee the purchase of a certain > number of D-STAR radios but that did not change their minds. > > W8KRF > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3025 - Release Date: 07/24/10 > 02:36:00 > >
