[Dstar] VK5REX update

[Richard Hoskin]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the report. Its great to see that you are making speedy progress.

May be you could publish a list of items you need to help people if they are
thinking of donating some equipment to the system.

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, 15 May 2008 12:48 PM
> To: 'Dstar Digital Radio Mail List'
> Subject: [Dstar] VK5REX update
> 
> Hi Everybody,
> There is going to be another working bee at the Port Lincoln VK5REX
> D-Star site this weekend.
> This is further prepare the site for the installation of the D-Star
> repeater hardware. The purchase of the ID-RP4000V and the ID-RP2C was
> discussed at the last Lower Eyre Peninsula ARC meeting on the 7th of May
> following a letter from Icom with pricing details. The jury is still out
> on how much the club will fund the repeater and how much I will have to
> provide or fund raise myself. Alan VK5PBZ has kindly offered to pay the
> annual licence fee. If there are any kindly amateur operators out there
> in VK that would like to "donate" something towards the Port Lincoln
> D-Star repeater, please email me (I hate to appear to be begging, but at
> this stage any kind of monetary donation would be a help!).
> This weekend the rack for the D-Star repeater will be further organised,
> shelves for the power supply and duplexer will be installed. The
> duplexer was collected from the AREG guys in Adelaide on the 4th of May.
> Many thanks go to Graham VK5GH, Peter VK5TZX and AREG for their help
> with this. The Dell rack server and networking hardware will be
> installed and the newly installed phone line will be checked. Hopefully
> the 512/512 SDSL connection will be enabled sometime this coming week.
> After this weekend, all that is left to do is get hold of the actual
> D-Star hardware, program it and then we are on the air! Setting up the
> gateway computer/software will then be looked at in the coming months.
> My main aim is to get the RF side up and going and hopefully this will
> encourage other local hams to get into the D-Star fun.
> Regards,
> Michael Carey.
> VK5ZEA.
> 
> 
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