You might look for a Motorola RP1225 or a narrow banded Kenwood TKR --
I have a stock TKR-820 in service with a minimum of work, just pulled
the deviation down (the receive is still wide but works).
Read about it here: http://k7ve.org/blog/2010/06/converting-the-kenwood-tkr-820-to-use-with-d-star/
-- I am waiting for G4ULF's package before putting it on the
USTRUST, but it is running on the Multi-Trust right now using the
OpenG2 stuff, which you can find at http://groups.yahoo.com/prcrepeatercontroller/files
On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:42 PM, J. Moen wrote:
If you haven't already, I'd recommend you consider the non-ICOM
approach, which will allow you to save significant money. This
would be using a gmsk modem or Node Adapter board to interface
between the server and an analog radio. The boards are in the US
$100 - $150 range.
For initial testing, you could start out with DVAR Hot Spot by
KB9KHM in full duplex repeater mode. This supports DPlus but not
callsign routing and runs only on Windows. Soon to be released is
Dave Lake G4ULF's NI-Star software, which has been tested and
accepted by the US Trust team to be fully G2 compliant. It runs on
Linux, typically CentOS, and repeaters running it during the careful
test phase typically run the other standard applications like Dplus,
DPRS/D-Star Monitor, etc. without modification.
David's blog at http://g4ulf.blogspot.com/ says they are now working
on packaging and documentation, and that release is "imminent."
The first repeater up and running was GB7MH in Sept 2009 as reported
by the RSGB RadCom magazine Feb 2010. One of the most recent to
come online is WG2MSK. See
http://www.sidigital.org/
Once NI-Star is officially released, I expect to see many more new D-
Star repeaters brought up with considerable savings compared to the
ICOM only installation.
Jim - K6JM
John D. Hays
Amateur Radio Station K7VE
PO Box 1223
Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [email protected]
