[Dstar] Question about Reflectors

Thu Aug 21 22:18:12 CST 2008

It would be good to have audible confirmation that DPLUS has actually 
done what you asked, eg. announce that you have linked to VK4RGC port A 
when you have VK4RGCAL in the Your Call setting of your radio. At the 
moment, you know that a remote system is linked when someone sets up a 
DPLUS link, this is good for the person that initiated the link, but 
others listening on that repeater port have no idea what just happened 
other than they are now linked to somewhere "out there"..
My idea on the user initiated query, Your Call set to "_______Q", would 
be to help users to find the status of the DPLUS system and where it is 
linked _before_ they start talking. It's easy for me, as I'm the only 
one who has DPLUS linking privileges here in Port Lincoln, but as the 
other guys here get up to speed with D-Star and DPLUS then I would like 
to be able to let them loose and have some fun.
Extending the analogy to another internet radio linking system, IRLP. 
Imagine how confusing it could be if you had no other confirmation when 
you link to another IRLP node other than an audible "remote system 
linked"? What if you mis-dialed, this conveys no useful information to 
others listening on the frequency. When you hear that recorded voice 
announcement letting you know you have been successfully linked to the 
IRLP node you dialed, it is useful for both you and others listening as 
well. Knowledge is power!
Michael.
VK5ZEA

Patrick Goda wrote:
> You mention " I'd like to see a system that will announce the repeaters
> remote connection
> and it will probably come in the future.'
>
> Do you refer to something that will make an announcement once a connection
> has been established or make an announcement every hour (let's say) that the
> repeater is connected to REF003C? or both for that matter?
>
>
>
> -Pat
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dstar-bounces at lists.wia.org.au [mailto:dstar-bounces at lists.wia.org.au]
> On Behalf Of Richard Hoskin
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:40 PM
> To: 'Dstar Digital Radio Mail List'
> Subject: RE: [Dstar] Question about Reflectors
>
>
> GDay All,
>
> At the present time the VK repeaters are connected to the following
> Reflectors;
>
> Reflector 003 C
> VK3RWN C
>
> Reflector 003 B
> VK3RWN B
> VK3RWW B
> VK4RGC B
> VK5REX B
>
> These are the defaults for the current Australian repeaters.
> Occasionally the repeaters are connected to other reflectors for nets.
>
> I'd like to see a system that will announce the repeaters remote connection
> and it will probably come in the future.
>
> If some one wants to develop a system for repeater announcements I'd be
> happy to assist them with information and ideas.
>
> Cheers
> Richard
> VK3JFK
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dstar-bounces at lists.wia.org.au [mailto:dstar-
>> bounces at lists.wia.org.au] On Behalf Of Michael Carey
>> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 6:18 PM
>> To: Ray T. Mahorney; Dstar Digital Radio Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [Dstar] Question about Reflectors
>>
>> ...but it wouldn't be hard to have some canned words ready to be
>> transmitted, similar to the existing DPLUS announcements. Ideally you
>> would have the alphabet in phonetics with some other key words, like
>> numerals, recorded as well.
>> With my idea, in response to a UR of "_______Q" the gateway DPLUS
>> software could "speak" something like this, "currently connected to
>> reflector zero zero one port bravo" or in the case of DPLUS being
>> connected to another gateway "currently connected to gateway kilo kive
>> tango india tango port alpha".
>> Maybe DPLUS could occasionally transmit this info as well, maybe after
>> some idle time. I've got no idea how easy this would be to implement
>> into the DPLUS software, but I can see this kind of enhancement being
>> very helpful for those without access to a PC and internet connection
>> (eg while mobile or portable) to get an idea of where their local D-Star
>> repeater and gateway is connected.
>> Michael.
>> VK5ZEA
>> Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
>>     
>>> presently a q would not work as the D+ software does not have an
>>>       
>> alphanumeric library to spit back the
>>     
>>> requested information in spoken form which would be more convenient to
>>>       
>> have than a scroll of what is
>>     
>>> connected.
>>> Ray T. Mahorney
>>> WA4WGA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michael Carey" <michaelcarey at internode.on.net>
>>> To: "Dstar Digital Radio Mail List" <dstar at lists.wia.org.au>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 03:12
>>> Subject: Re: [Dstar] Question about Reflectors
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to know this as well...
>>> I was told about this web page,
>>> www.nj6n.com/mon
>>> ... which shows activity on the reflectors as it happens, but I haven't
>>> found anything that shows what D-Star repeaters/ports are connected to
>>> each reflector and port at a given time.
>>> It would also be good to be able to find out what reflector a D-Star
>>> repeater port is connected to via a radio query. I was thinking
>>> something in the lines of sending a Your Call transmissions with
>>> _______Q (seven spaces plus Q) and the DPLUS software reads back the
>>> connected reflector to you.
>>> Michael.
>>> VK5ZEA
>>>
>>> Andrew Hood wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to find out which repeater gateways are connected to a
>>>> Reflector?
>>>> For example, I believe that VK3RWN port C is permanently connected to
>>>>         
>> REF003
>>     
>>>> port C but the jFindU
>>>> lists only show the stations that have been heard recently and the
>>>>         
>> repeater
>>     
>>>> callsign does not come up.
>>>>
>>>> When I click on the "Locate REF003 Repeaters" link a map is displayed
>>>>         
>> but
>>     
>>>> there is no information on it.
>>>> This is the same for reflectors 1 to 4 but the UK reflectors 5 and 6
>>>>         
>> have
>>     
>>>> information about the nodes
>>>> connected to it.  It would seem that they get the information from the
>>>>         
>> UK
>>     
>>>> Interconnect Team and not from
>>>> Dstarusers.org
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Andy VK2EAH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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