[Dstar] Re: Getting Started Outback [SUMMARY]

[Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)]

Greeting Friends,

I have enjoyed several very nice DSTAR QSO's with M3 calls in the UK.  I
am not all that familiar with licensing, but believe these to be
Foundation Licenses.   I may be mistaken about the license class, but
the contacts were very pleasant regardless.  Also as of Saturday
afternoon Germany, Switzerland and Italy have joined the same Trusted
Server as the US, Canada, and Australia so that we are all one system
and can communicate with each other via DSTAR and the only impediment
now is a little bit of language and time zones.  Prior, there were 2
different servers that could not communicate.

Our world is getting much smaller ever so quickly,

All the Best from the US,  Steve, NU5D


Tony Langdon wrote:
> At 04:27 PM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
>> Well, that was interesting, I got three replies off-list reminding me
>> about the fact that a foundation licensee has no permission to transmit
>> DPRS or D-STAR.  Yes, I know.  I see DPRS and D-STAR as a carrot to
>> encourage me to sit my standard license.  Travel for that is costly.
>
> Hmm, from what I've read and what has been circulated by the WIA,
> D-STAR DV is legal for Foundation licensees, but DPRS and other non
> voice data transmissions aren't.  So with your F call, you can get
> into D-STAR voice operation, but the DPRS will have to wait.