Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Gateway / NI-Star System Requirements

2010-09-06 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sep 3, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Charles Scott wrote: Gary: Well, it's kind of a Tim The Tool Man Taylor tendency I have. I did, however look at the Icom specs for the gateway system and it says 2.4 GHz and 512 MB, so I'm not even an order of magnitude over that, which would be the Tim

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Gateway / NI-Star System Requirements

2010-09-06 Thread Chris Fowler
On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 03:12 -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: Luckily, the RAID was working, it just never detected the failed disk. A power off/power on reboot cleared that problem and it came right back online with a single disk and one in a failed state in /proc/mdstat -- so that leads to item

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Gateway / NI-Star System Requirements

2010-09-06 Thread Charles Scott
Nate: Yep, since the system only had 2 drives I have it set for redundancy rather than space (it has an integrated RAID controller). It can therefore loose a drive and continue to run without the software knowing what happened (although I will). The better way to do it would be to throw in 6

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Gateway / NI-Star System Requirements

2010-09-06 Thread J. Moen
Nate and Charles -- This is a fascinating and educational thread. Lots of interesting and useful info from people with plenty of experience. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Charles Scott To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Kent Hufford
Yea and getting a VHF/UHF dual band HT for $105 would sound impossible too. Kent From: wouxun_kg-u...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wouxun_kg-u...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of n8...@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 11:24 AM To: wouxun_kg-u...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread J. Moen
While the AMBE codec chip is relatively cheap, someone would have to develop the firmware to support D-Star. It will happen eventually. There are strong rumors that an increasingly popular but not yet major brand is planning to bring out a D-Star radio. I'm assuming it will be mobile,

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Donald James
$30 DSTAR CODEX chip ??? Where does that price come from? Donald ~ N2VU A Wouxun D-Star radio for $200 WOW waitress I'll have what he's having HI HI ! Ted N8ZSA In a message dated 9/6/2010 10:20:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, khuff...@atlanticbb.net writes: At the

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Dave Tipton, W5DMT
The KG-UVD1 has been upgraded to the KG-UVD1P CE FCC approved.(FCC ID:WVTWOUXUN04) Looks approved to me. I have two of their analog HT's (2M/70cm and 2M/1 1/4M) and have stunned at how well they work. Good receive, good audio and respectable battery life. I'm actually thinking these guys

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Kent Hufford
Well... it does have a FCC acceptance. Junk is your opinion. From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stormc...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 12:26 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Jozef
FCC type acceptance is NOT necessary for amateur radio use. If that were the case then tens of thousands of home brew rigs would be illegal to put on the air. Clearly, that is NOT the case. FCC type acceptance is required for a manufacturer to SELL equipment. Since the amateur radio

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Donald James
Interesting, I didn't know it was that low. -Original Message- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Wrobel Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 12:29 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread John D. Hays
I have one of the 2m/1.25cm KG-UDV1P models (they come in 2m/1.25m and 2m/70cm) and it works great. There are active Yahoo! Groups to learn more about the radio. I bought mine at Dayton from a US Distributor at http://wouxun.us/ - as pointed out by others, this model is Part 90 (commercial

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Donald James
What's not to like about the Wouxon? Is it that they can do what most others can for half the price or less? They're not even rated as water proof and I know of two that are still working after being dropped in water. They sound ( RX/TX) as good as any other HAM radio, they have better tx/rx

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread stormcom3
Jozel, You are incorrectany radio that is imported is required to meet FCC certification.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Jozef
You mean a Ten Tec Orion II can be sold without being FCC type accepted because it is NOT imported. I don't think so. On 9/6/2010 14 31 Hours, stormc...@gmail.com wrote: Jozel, You are incorrectany radio that is imported is required to meet FCC certification. attachment: jozef.vcf

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Tony Langdon
At 02:33 AM 9/7/2010, you wrote: The KG-UVD1 has been upgraded to the KG-UVD1P CE FCC approved.(FCC ID:WVTWOUXUN04) Looks approved to me. I have two of their analog HT's (2M/70cm and 2M/1 1/4M) and have stunned at how well they work. Good receive, good audio and respectable battery life.

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD programming and software

2010-09-06 Thread J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT
Hi Folks! I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience programming an IC-91AD for D-Star either manually or with software? I have an IC-80AD and it is ok with the freebie ICOM software, but I don't know my options for the IC-91AD and would like to use common software, especially if I

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD programming and software

2010-09-06 Thread Tony Langdon
At 02:40 PM 9/7/2010, you wrote: Hi Folks! I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience programming an IC-91AD for D-Star either manually or with software? I have an IC-80AD and it is ok with the freebie ICOM software, but I don't know my options for the IC-91AD and would like to

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD programming and software

2010-09-06 Thread Jack
Gordon, RTSystems has PAY ware for it that I feel works great and if you do ever have a problem there support is second to none. www.rtsystemsinc.com N6UYB Jack E. Foster - Original Message - From: J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: