Series Three Episode Thirteen - Pratical D-Star
Series Three Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. The latest news, your feedback, upcoming events and Chris Howard (2E0CTH) talks about practical D-STAR.
Slow Scan TV on 10 MHz
ACMA cancels Amateur Radio licence
VK licence figures show strength
New 80m SDR Receiver
Two-way contact achieved on 8.97 kHz
Feedback added to RSGB blog
Ham enthusiasts abuzz over traffic ticket
Feds scrambe in Wireless spectrum crunch
Amateur's spectacular Channel crossing
GB3LW back on the air
Intruders in Amateur Radio Bands
Croatia 5 MHz and 500 kHz
London to Brighton cycle ride
Google Exam Practice Test
Optimizing wire antennas online
Apple iPhone Apps
Practical D-STAR
UK calling frequencies for Dstar are as follows :-
2m 144.6125 MHz
70cm: 438.6125 MHz
23cm: 1298.6125 MHz
The free Chirp programming software can be found at http://chirp.danplanet.com, and the instructions I used for making my own programming cable (for the e91 and ic-2820 radios) can be found at http://highfields-arc.6te.net/constructors/other/opc1529r.htm
Other interesting links
Reflector 1C live audio stream - http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=1647
South Yorkshire repeater group dstar "shack cam" - http://www.southyorkshirerepeatergroup.co.uk/tv/gb7yd-tv
Bromley repeater group - http://www.gb3ok.com/gb7ok_homepage.html
Wikipedia article on Dstar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-STAR
Ambe chip manual - http://www.dvsinc.com/manuals/AMBE-2020_manual.pdf
DStar UK Yahoo group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar-uk
Article on GMSK modulation - http://www.scribd.com/mobile/documents/16190764/download?commit=Download+Now
DStar Tutorial - http://www.napasars.org/news/Mar09/Dstartutorial.htm
Icom dstar page -http://www.icomuk.co.uk/categoryRender.asp?categoryID=3786
DStar repeater directory -http://dstarusers.org/repeaters.php
GPS mapping site - http://aprs.fi/
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