At 06:13 AM 8/14/2010, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm busy scraping together money for a D-STAR radio. Someone has >loaned me a dongle, and I've been playing around with that. I'm >reading up on D-STAR as much as I can. I have a couple questions: > >I've read about the various Trust Servers, and I'm curious how it >all works. I read that there is such a thing as a "multi-trust" >gateway, which can't communicate with a gateway using the K5TIT >Trust Server. I also read that there is some work-around so that >Japanese stations and US stations (and presumably stations on >gateways in other countries that use the K5TIT Trust Server) can talk.
I know of 3 trust networks, the Japanese network, K5TIT and Open D-STAR/Multitrust. The Japanese and K5TIT networks can communicate with each other, the Multitrust is entirely separate. >My next question concerns D-STAR reflectors. I know that reflectors >are made possible by DPlus, thanks to Robin AA4RC. I presume that >these reflectors are just computers in server rooms with good >internet connections, and that a reflector doesn't have to be >connected to an ID-RP2C repeater controller. I'm curious, is there >a list of who sponsors and pays for these reflectors? It must be >expensive to keep a colocated server going, and I would like to know >whom to thank. I haven't seen a list of reflector sponsors. However, the cost of running a reflector depends on a number of factors, most notably type of Internet connection, type of server and what other financial arrangements are in place. I run REF023, and it's not particularly expensive to run. I'm using a virtual private server, hosted in a data centre for the reflector. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
