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Tag Archives: D-STAR
DMR – My thoughts about Digital Mobile Radio
I’ve written a couple of times in the past about various digital voice modes and if I’m honest, I’ve been quite scathing of them. I make no secret of the fact that I’m very happy to use repeaters for local … Continue reading
How to replace the noisy fan in an Icom ID-5100 with a much quieter one
I’m a happy owner of two Icom ID-5100 radios, one is mounted in the car and I use the other one in the shack on low power for working the local repeaters. It doesn’t get much use but I’m monitoring GB3CL … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur radio, Construction, D-STAR, FM, VHF
Tagged D-STAR, Fan, Icom, Icom ID-5100E, Mod, Rig modification, UHF, VHF
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Revisiting D-STAR and the GB7TE repeater
Back in March 2011 I wrote about three different modes of communications, EchoLink, D-STAR and QSONet. In that piece, I discounted all of them and although I said that D-STAR was the one which most interested me, I wasn’t planning on … Continue reading
EchoLink, D-Star and QSONet (CQ100)
EchoLink EchoLink software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using streaming-audio technology. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio’s communications capabilities. There … Continue reading