[Dstar] VK5REX update

[Nik Presser]

Great stuff Michael - I like your work!!

I'm looking forward to making a contact with you via your new homebrew D-Star repeater. Hopefully it will open the floodgates for others to have a crack at it. 

Well done :-))

Cheers,

Nik Presser
VK3BA
Geelong

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Carey 
  To: 'Dstar Digital Radio Mail List' 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:23 AM
  Subject: [Dstar] VK5REX update


  Hi Everybody,

  I thought it was time for an update email.

  Soon(ish), VK5REX will have a 2m (C) module up and working. Frequencies 
  have been assigned by the WIA (146.9625 -600), the licence alteration 
  form hasn't been sent through to the ACMA yet, but hopefully this will 
  be completed this week.

  The interesting thing is that I'm not using an Icom ID-RP2000V, instead 
  my home brew D-Star repeater will be pressed into service.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MALY_mEDp_8
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshKlf0QTPY

  Members of the GMSK_DV_NODE Yahoo Group can see close up photos of the 
  repeater and interface I built here :-
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/photos/album/608983576/pic/list

  Initially, I wasn't going to make the home brew repeater a permanent 
  addition to VK5REX... but in the end I thought, "Why not?".

  The RFI folded dipole antenna was installed over the weekend (20-21 Mar) 
  and the repeater installed in the rack. I am still awaiting a duplexer 
  solution, so everything is still in the testing phase at the moment. The 
  repeater is only active while I am on site. I did a great stress test 
  yesterday (Mon 22 Mar) during the Ozark Mountain D-Star Net, I ran the 
  transmitter on full power for the duration of the net to make sure the 
  forced air cooling was sufficient to keep the transmitter happy. Aside 
  from the occasional glitches caused by issues with REF001 at the moment, 
  it was a successful test. I was able to check in to the net via VK5REX C 
  using my IC-91AD handheld radio.

  I still have to configure D-Star Monitor to include the extra module, so 
  VK5REX C is not appearing on the APRS network, nor are stations received 
  by VK5REX C reported to www.dstarusers.org.

  I'll post further updates as thing progress.

  Michael.
  VK5ZEA

  President LEPARC
  Port Lincoln SA

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