[Dstar] D-Star Simplex

[Tony Langdon]

At 10:44 PM 9/3/2009, you wrote:
>G'day Dave, great stuff. What's the average filesize or some of the 
>largest files you've successfully sent or received? I just recently 
>got into D-Rats myself, via the DV-Dongle and RF and having plenty of fun.

I'm using D-RATS via a Dongle also.  I can use it with the radio, but 
need to organise an outdoor antenna to go that route.

>
>I've found also that using a little bit of RF attenuation on the 
>C-ports makes a great difference if one experiences an occasional 
>bit of pager QRM.

The inbuilt attenuator of the 91AD makes a bit of difference with 
pagers.  I used to be able to operate simplex into an external 
antenna in an area notorious for pager interference, if I turned the 
attenuator on.

>
>D-Rats during field days would have to be worth a shot too. 
>Experimentation is what we're about :-)

D-STAR simplex of any kind during field days should be 
encouraged.  Hmm, Phone or Data? :D

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