Tag Archives: D-STAR

DMR – My thoughts about Digital Mobile Radio

Posted on November 7, 2017 by g6nhu

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 →

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Are you transmitting illegally on 70cms?

Posted on June 6, 2017 by g6nhu

An interesting subject came up on our 70cms voice repeater earlier today following an incident on a local DMR box yesterday and it got me thinking. There are a lot of 70cms repeaters in the UK with input frequencies between … Continue reading →

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How to replace the noisy fan in an Icom ID-5100 with a much quieter one

Posted on February 23, 2017 by g6nhu

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 →

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Revisiting D-STAR and the GB7TE repeater

Posted on November 21, 2015 by g6nhu

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 →

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EchoLink, D-Star and QSONet (CQ100)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu

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 →

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