WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.859 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:06.059 by Tower Electronics. For cables, connectors 00:00:06.059 --> 00:00:13.199 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.239 .com and by the HamStation. Get your new radio 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:23.300 or antenna by calling 800 -729 -4373 or go to 00:00:23.300 --> 00:01:01.619 hamstation .com. Good evening, everyone. It's 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:06.599 HamTalk Live episode number 47. Setting up your 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.680 D -Star rig with John Davis, WB4QDX, recorded 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:16.019 live on Thursday, January 12th, 2017. I'm your 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:20.019 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning into 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:23.420 this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we'll 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:27.810 be joined by John Davis, WB4QDX. who will take 00:01:27.810 --> 00:01:30.989 your questions about setting up your D -Star 00:01:30.989 --> 00:01:35.069 rig. We'll take your calls live after the break. 00:01:36.069 --> 00:01:39.829 Last week Dave Anderson K4SV was here to talk 00:01:39.829 --> 00:01:42.930 about how you compare radios and try to pick 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:47.469 a good HF rig for you and also beverage antennas 00:01:47.469 --> 00:01:51.810 and as Dave Letterman used to say, I don't believe 00:01:51.810 --> 00:01:54.819 there's a man woman or child alive. that doesn't 00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:56.859 enjoy a lovely beverage. So, if you missed the 00:01:56.859 --> 00:01:59.920 show about beverages, you can listen anytime 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:02.819 at HamTalkLive .com or you can listen to us on 00:02:02.819 --> 00:02:05.260 one of those podcast things, iTunes, Stitcher, 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:09.860 Google Play. 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Before we take our first break tonight, 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:17.639 I do want to mention that one of my colleagues 00:02:18.250 --> 00:02:21.129 over amateur radio news line has uh... asked 00:02:21.129 --> 00:02:25.810 for some prayers bobby best w x four a l a often 00:02:25.810 --> 00:02:29.569 does weather segments on news line and is a severe 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:32.449 weather meteorologist for some groups of broadcast 00:02:32.449 --> 00:02:36.530 stations uh... in alabama and uh... bobby was 00:02:36.530 --> 00:02:38.830 diagnosed with prostate cancer this week this 00:02:38.830 --> 00:02:43.810 is his third about with cancer uh... and so uh... 00:02:43.810 --> 00:02:47.240 we we would ask that you uh... pray for Bobby 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.560 so please join me in prayer for him and we hope 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:55.860 he has a speedy recovery and a successful one 00:02:55.860 --> 00:03:03.240 as well. He's just getting started into what 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.500 to do about all this so I just want to remember 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:10.520 Bobby and if you're listening Bobby we're behind 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:14.900 you and hope things are going well soon for you. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.979 Well get your D star questions ready after the 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:22.000 interview We'll talk to John for a little bit 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.039 and then I'll let you know when it's time to 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.280 call and when you call There's a phone number. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.879 You'll need that number is eight one two net 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:36.659 ham one That's eight one two six three eight 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:40.240 four two six one or you can call us on Skype 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.659 Our username is just ham talk live You can also 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:47.639 send questions via Twitter. 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Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive .com 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:31.540 and if you missed the show you can catch us on 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:34.480 demand on the website or download it from most 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:38.620 popular podcasting websites. Our guest tonight 00:06:39.149 --> 00:06:42.550 This is John Davis, WB4QDX. He started in amateur 00:06:42.550 --> 00:06:48.509 radio as a novice in 1969 as WN4QDX in Nashville, 00:06:48.689 --> 00:06:53.050 Tennessee when he upgraded to general and then 00:06:53.050 --> 00:06:58.389 advanced became WB4QDX. He was active on HF and 00:06:58.389 --> 00:07:01.490 VHF working a lot of ready and repeaters and 00:07:01.490 --> 00:07:05.709 moved to Atlanta in 1981. and he continued to 00:07:05.709 --> 00:07:09.949 stay active on VHF and UHF there and upgraded 00:07:09.949 --> 00:07:13.810 extra in 2001. John is very active on D -Star 00:07:13.810 --> 00:07:17.790 and operates the WD -4 STR repeaters in Lawrenceville, 00:07:17.850 --> 00:07:20.589 Georgia and helps with most of the other D -Star 00:07:20.589 --> 00:07:24.540 repeaters around Georgia. He is presented on 00:07:24.540 --> 00:07:27.980 D -Star at the Dayton Hamvention and was the 00:07:27.980 --> 00:07:31.279 moderator of last year's D -Star forum there 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.160 as well. John is a member of the Gwinnett Amateur 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:39.500 Radio Society, is active in EMCOM and ARIES as 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:41.480 a district emergency coordinator for the Georgia 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:46.740 section. He's also served as the emergency coordinator 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:50.279 in Gwinnett County, Georgia for seven years and 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:55.990 he is the past Treasurer and Georgia Vice Director 00:07:55.990 --> 00:07:59.350 for the Southeastern Repeater Association. So 00:07:59.350 --> 00:08:02.470 John, thanks for coming on HamTalk Live. It's 00:08:02.470 --> 00:08:07.089 a pleasure to be here. Yeah, I talked to Ray 00:08:07.089 --> 00:08:11.110 Novak over at ICOM and he said, you're the guy 00:08:11.110 --> 00:08:13.269 I need to have on here because I keep getting 00:08:13.269 --> 00:08:17.410 all these D -Star questions and we were talking 00:08:17.410 --> 00:08:23.319 before the show. I have not Delved into the digital 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:29.759 VHF and UHF stuff yet. I have helped and and 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:33.360 operated and and built and Everything else on 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.500 the analog side of the repeater thing for many 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:40.929 many years, but There's a lot of this that's 00:08:40.929 --> 00:08:44.429 going digital and we're going to try to do a 00:08:44.429 --> 00:08:48.409 show every once in a while on all of the different 00:08:48.409 --> 00:08:51.769 digital formats, but we wanted to focus on D 00:08:51.769 --> 00:08:54.490 -Star tonight because the number one question 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:59.120 that I get is how to set up the rig. So we're 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.500 going to try to focus on setup tonight. We can 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:04.919 take some other questions, but we're going to 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:08.659 try to kind of focus on that. That's the most 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:10.799 frequently asked question I've had on the show 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:13.200 since we came on the air in February. How do 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.539 I set up a D -Star rig? I've got it ID 51. I 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:20.220 have no idea how to use it, how to get it set 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:23.879 up. And so we had a guest earlier back on episode 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:27.669 36 that explained a lot of how the D -Star works 00:09:27.669 --> 00:09:30.909 and how to set up some of the older rigs. But 00:09:30.909 --> 00:09:33.230 again, most of the questions have been about 00:09:33.230 --> 00:09:36.649 the new latest and greatest radios with all the 00:09:36.649 --> 00:09:42.049 new features like the ICOM ID 51. So just the 00:09:42.049 --> 00:09:44.509 other day had somebody else say, well, I bought 00:09:44.509 --> 00:09:47.970 one and it's sitting right here. I have no idea. 00:09:48.780 --> 00:09:52.100 how to use it. So why don't you start off walking 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:56.539 us through what you should do to set up one of 00:09:56.539 --> 00:10:01.309 these ID51s from ICOM. Sure, sure. You know, 00:10:01.370 --> 00:10:04.350 the first thing I would say is the ID51 in my 00:10:04.350 --> 00:10:06.929 mind, and I've owned quite a few handhelds over 00:10:06.929 --> 00:10:09.970 the years, but even if I were not doing D -Star, 00:10:10.090 --> 00:10:13.490 I would probably have an ID51 because it's got 00:10:13.490 --> 00:10:17.450 some great features that not only work on D -Star, 00:10:17.490 --> 00:10:23.059 but also work on regular analog FM. such as finding 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:26.679 the nearest repeater from what you have in memory. 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.340 An ID51 out of the box is a great improvement, 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.340 as you said, over some of the early radios. If 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:37.860 you were getting into D -STAR back in the 2010, 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:43.360 11, 12 era, there was a larger learning curve 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.850 that you had to go through to set it up. done 00:10:47.850 --> 00:10:51.230 this in the class that I've done at Dayton on 00:10:51.230 --> 00:10:54.110 Friday mornings of Dayton for the last five years, 00:10:54.690 --> 00:10:57.929 going through the older radios and then say, 00:10:58.049 --> 00:11:01.149 OK, we've got a new generation of radios like 00:11:01.149 --> 00:11:04.110 the ID 51. I'm sure we'll talk about the 5100 00:11:04.110 --> 00:11:08.250 mobile as well. But out of the box, I'll say 00:11:08.250 --> 00:11:12.090 ICOM was very smart to give you a radio that 00:11:12.090 --> 00:11:15.360 you can. Get on the air almost immediately. If 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.600 you've got any charge on that battery, turn it 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.000 on. The only thing you really need to do is enter 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:27.600 your call sign. Because D -Star transmits your 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:32.480 call sign every time you key the mic. So if you're 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:38.259 an anonymous chunker of radios, then and repeaters, 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:40.919 then you're probably out of luck with this. But 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:46.340 that's all you have to do. It comes with a library, 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:50.799 I'll say, of memories for various D -Star repeaters 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.299 around the world, actually. So you can get on 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:58.799 immediately, turn on your ID 51, turn on the 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:02.460 internal GPS, give it a chance to lock up. get 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:05.620 in the menu and say find me the nearest repeater 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:08.679 and it will locate the nearest D star repeater 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:12.139 for you and you are on the air without any other 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.720 programming. You can then take it from there 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:16.899 and and do a lot more things with it and we can 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:19.399 talk about that but it's easy to get on the air 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:24.809 immediately and pretty painless. Okay, so you 00:12:24.809 --> 00:12:27.389 just need to get the thing turned on charged 00:12:27.389 --> 00:12:30.649 up and and make sure you get your call sign in 00:12:30.649 --> 00:12:35.009 there and then Anything else about you know, 00:12:35.169 --> 00:12:38.009 you said you said it finds the repeater for you 00:12:38.009 --> 00:12:42.509 then Is there any other? maybe a little bit past 00:12:42.509 --> 00:12:46.909 the very basics that You know things you should 00:12:46.909 --> 00:12:50.259 probably do Well, there are a couple of things 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:52.740 that are very handy with this radio. One of the 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:58.080 things is that it accepts a micro SD card. And 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.639 don't go out and buy a 64 gig micro SD card. 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:05.480 Buy a four gig, eight gig, a little small inexpensive 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.799 one, insert it in the radio. And what that allows 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:15.419 you to do is save and load different memory configurations 00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:19.950 that you have stored on that card. Um, and that 00:13:19.950 --> 00:13:22.850 brings you to another feature, which is the memories 00:13:22.850 --> 00:13:26.710 can be updated very easily. As I mentioned earlier, 00:13:26.710 --> 00:13:33.009 it, it comes with, um, probably 750 D star repeaters, 00:13:33.009 --> 00:13:35.509 uh, already loaded in the memories. Now it won't 00:13:35.509 --> 00:13:37.470 have every one in the country because there are 00:13:37.470 --> 00:13:43.450 more than 750. And, uh, but you'll find one probably 00:13:43.450 --> 00:13:45.529 close by, especially in the major cities. It 00:13:45.529 --> 00:13:47.970 might have two or three ones, uh, different. 00:13:48.110 --> 00:13:52.129 different areas loaded. So you can get on the 00:13:52.129 --> 00:13:54.230 air immediately with that. The first thing I 00:13:54.230 --> 00:13:58.629 would do is put that SD card in and save what 00:13:58.629 --> 00:14:02.409 you have in the radio. Just export it to the 00:14:02.409 --> 00:14:05.789 SD card right away. I'm going to give you another 00:14:05.789 --> 00:14:09.850 resource which is a very good resource for DSTAR 00:14:09.850 --> 00:14:12.730 information as well as updating your memory and 00:14:12.730 --> 00:14:22.299 that's the website www .dstarinfo. It's a website 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:27.600 that's done by Ed Woodrick, W -A -4 -Y -I -H, 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.399 who's also very active in D -STAR, and he's put 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.100 this site together. He's also built some very 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:37.480 easy to use programs in there that you can download 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.100 and update. your memories in your radio, and 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:44.940 it's very easy to do following the instructions. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:48.899 In the radio that I have, when I'm going to travel 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:52.860 to another area, let's say I'm going to Los Angeles. 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:56.940 Well, I'll go out to dstarinfo .com, download 00:14:56.940 --> 00:15:01.759 the 750 closest repeaters to Los Angeles, California. 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.580 and I can do a combination of FM repeaters as 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:09.100 well as D star repeaters. And I will save that 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:14.000 as a CSV file, have that on the SD card. I get 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:18.100 off the plane in LA, turn on my radio, say import, 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:22.360 pick the file name for Los Angeles. About 45 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.720 seconds later, I've got the 750 closest repeaters 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.539 to Los Angeles, California. So it's very easy 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:32.610 to update your memories. Now one other thing 00:15:32.610 --> 00:15:36.590 I'll mention also is the question about registration. 00:15:37.629 --> 00:15:39.929 That's something that there's always a lot of 00:15:39.929 --> 00:15:43.129 questions about, but it's also an area that can 00:15:43.129 --> 00:15:47.389 be misunderstood. Let me just give you a few 00:15:47.389 --> 00:15:52.289 helpful hints on that. The first thing is registration 00:15:52.289 --> 00:15:57.950 is optional. You do not have to register your 00:15:57.950 --> 00:16:03.389 call sign to get on and talk on a D -STAR repeater 00:16:03.389 --> 00:16:06.629 or a D -STAR repeater that may be linked to a 00:16:06.629 --> 00:16:09.669 reflector which may have one, two, three, four, 00:16:09.750 --> 00:16:12.269 a hundred other repeaters linked to it. You do 00:16:12.269 --> 00:16:15.210 not have to register to do that. What the registration 00:16:15.210 --> 00:16:21.409 does is it allows you to link and unlink the 00:16:21.409 --> 00:16:25.190 local repeater that you're transmitting on to 00:16:25.190 --> 00:16:28.379 other repeaters, to other reflectors. then if 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:31.320 you also have something like a DV dongle or a 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.960 DV access point then you do have to register 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:38.700 for that. Now you want to register on one and 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:42.659 only one repeater and it really doesn't matter 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:47.690 where in the world that you register. As long 00:16:47.690 --> 00:16:49.850 as you register and complete the registration 00:16:49.850 --> 00:16:54.409 process on one repeater. A question that always 00:16:54.409 --> 00:16:59.029 comes up is I try to register on my local repeater 00:16:59.029 --> 00:17:02.070 nearest to me. I filled out the initial registration 00:17:02.070 --> 00:17:05.809 part and I haven't heard a thing for weeks. Unfortunately, 00:17:05.970 --> 00:17:09.089 there are some repeater administrators out there 00:17:09.089 --> 00:17:13.470 that don't check for new registrations and therefore 00:17:13.470 --> 00:17:16.529 they can kind of leave someone stranded. What 00:17:16.529 --> 00:17:19.089 I'll offer in this, I say this in my class at 00:17:19.089 --> 00:17:22.480 Dayton, is If you would like to, if you've had 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:25.019 a problem like that, and if you would like to 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:28.359 register, I will be more than happy to process 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:33.480 your registration on my local repeater, WD4STR, 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:37.799 Whiskey Delta 4 Sierra Tango Romeo. That repeater 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.359 is located in Georgia. The database is backed 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:46.359 up in two different places. So it's got a very 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:50.500 robust database which will be protected. And 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:52.519 then you can register there if you've had any 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.599 trouble. Let's say you've already registered 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.000 or attempted to register on another repeater. 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.859 You haven't heard anything back. Shoot me an 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:07.500 email. WB4QDX at arrl .net. Let me know your 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:11.500 situation. I can probably help you. getting you 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:15.559 registered on one of our repeaters here, and 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.700 then I'll try to work with the US Trust Server 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:22.900 team to eliminate that registration on the original 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:25.920 repeater where you tried to register. So registration 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:30.740 is a three -step process. First thing you do 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:33.759 is go to a repeater and there'll usually be a 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:36.720 registration link. You'll fill out your name, 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:42.319 your email address, your call sign, and a password. 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:45.500 And then it's up to the repeater administrator 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:50.039 to approve your call sign. Once they do that, 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:53.819 you have to log back in and do what's called 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:57.440 a space terminal. What I mean by that is you're 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.920 going to go back in, you're going to actually 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:03.759 hit the space bar in a certain location. on that 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.359 screen and then you will be completely registered 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.359 and that database synchronizes with all the D 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:13.759 -START repeaters around the world. Now there's 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:16.500 some very good instructions on how to do that. 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:19.880 I want to give you a website link which gives 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.099 you very detailed instructions on how to do that 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:28.359 and that's at www. dot d -star gateway dot o 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:32.140 -r -g, d -star gateway dot o -r -g. That'll bring 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:34.259 up a document that'll give you step -by -step 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:38.900 instructions with screenshots showing the screens 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:41.079 that you'll have to go through for that. Now 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.539 don't register on that site. It's using the screens 00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:49.740 from W4DOC, which is a very powerful repeater 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:53.039 here in the Atlanta area. But if you will just 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:57.579 enter WD4STR or look for the registration for 00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:59.819 that. I'll be glad to help you if you run into 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:03.380 any problems with that. That's kind of the first 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:07.099 steps of getting on the air, get registered, 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:09.079 and then you can rock and roll from there, Neil. 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:15.960 All great information. Hopefully that helps answer 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:18.200 a lot of the questions we've been getting, and 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.619 if not, you'll have a chance to call in here 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:25.319 in a little bit. and ask those. So before we 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.960 take a break here, let's take a couple of minutes 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:34.019 to talk about the ID5100 mobile and then we'll 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:37.660 also get into the Kenwood handheld. But go ahead 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:40.420 and talk about the mobile for a minute. Well, 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:46.779 the ID5100 mobile is very similar to the ID5100 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:50.000 handheld. It's a 50 watt mobile. It's a dual 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:54.019 band and dual receive, meaning you can receive 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:58.119 two signals simultaneously, kind of like a Yezu 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:03.220 FT8800, 8900, and also the earlier D -STAR radio, 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:09.579 the 2820. Now you're only receiving one D star 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:11.880 signal at a time and typically what you'll have 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.500 is on one side of the radio you may have a D 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.640 star repeater local D star repeater to the other 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:19.500 side of the radio you may have your favorite 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:22.059 FM repeater that's what I do is I'm traveling 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:26.039 around town here. The menu system on the 5100 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.670 is very very similar to the ID 51. So you will 00:21:30.670 --> 00:21:32.730 like that. Let me mention one more thing, and 00:21:32.730 --> 00:21:37.450 this applies to both the 51 and the 5100. One 00:21:37.450 --> 00:21:42.130 of the, I'll try to say this in a nice way, one 00:21:42.130 --> 00:21:46.730 of the shortcomings in the initial setup of a 00:21:46.730 --> 00:21:51.349 51 or a 5100, you will notice if you go into 00:21:51.349 --> 00:21:55.029 what's called DR mode, Delta Romeo, DR mode, 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:59.200 That makes it very simple to find repeaters. 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:03.799 So find the DR button either on the 5100 or the 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.240 51. Press that and you'll see the screen goes 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.859 to two sections. One will say to TO and one will 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:16.049 say from. 2 is where you want to go. So highlight 00:22:16.049 --> 00:22:20.609 2, you can scroll through that and find a repeater. 00:22:20.990 --> 00:22:24.170 From is going to be the local repeater where 00:22:24.170 --> 00:22:31.490 you are actually going into. Now, you will typically 00:22:31.490 --> 00:22:35.789 in the 2 field for just talking, you're going 00:22:35.789 --> 00:22:40.410 to want to set that to CQ, CQ, CQ. Now there 00:22:40.410 --> 00:22:46.420 are different CQ, CQ, CQ settings. And unfortunately, 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:50.019 the one that comes up by default is what's called 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:53.599 the local CQ. Now that's fine for talking on 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:56.839 your local repeater, but if your repeater is 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:01.039 linked, your signal will not go outside of the 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:04.900 local repeater unless you use a different CQ. 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:08.880 So what you'll want to do with that is press 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:13.109 2 or highlight the 2. And then you will, in fact 00:23:13.109 --> 00:23:15.170 let me turn on my radio here to make sure I'm 00:23:15.170 --> 00:23:17.190 giving you the instructions exactly correctly 00:23:17.190 --> 00:23:24.710 on that. You will say 2 and then it will say 00:23:24.710 --> 00:23:29.210 you will select your call sign or reflector. 00:23:29.450 --> 00:23:31.569 Actually the one you want to select is reflector. 00:23:32.089 --> 00:23:34.849 And if you press reflector in the menu and then 00:23:34.849 --> 00:23:38.490 use reflector. Select that and then you'll notice 00:23:38.490 --> 00:23:42.809 in the to field it'll say use reflector CQ CQ 00:23:42.809 --> 00:23:46.430 CQ if you've ever been on D star and you only 00:23:46.430 --> 00:23:50.089 heard one side of the conversation On a distant 00:23:50.089 --> 00:23:52.789 repeater. That's exactly what's happening both 00:23:52.789 --> 00:23:55.869 stations are on a repeater the same repeater 00:23:55.869 --> 00:23:58.930 and One station will have local CQ set up instead 00:23:58.930 --> 00:24:03.390 of use repeater or use reflector. So that other 00:24:03.390 --> 00:24:06.390 station is not that their voice is not being 00:24:06.390 --> 00:24:09.049 allowed to go outside of their local repeater. 00:24:10.230 --> 00:24:12.710 So that's a common mistake that people make. 00:24:13.789 --> 00:24:17.890 If you set it to CQ CQ CQ use reflector or use 00:24:17.890 --> 00:24:19.970 repeater. It's a little different on different 00:24:19.970 --> 00:24:22.769 radios. You'll be all set to go. And that's in 00:24:22.769 --> 00:24:26.250 the 2, the TO field. And that's what's simplified. 00:24:26.970 --> 00:24:29.230 DR mode is what's simplified with the 51 and 00:24:29.230 --> 00:24:32.630 the 5100. You don't have to worry about programming 00:24:32.630 --> 00:24:36.630 all these extra fields for each memory. Very 00:24:36.630 --> 00:24:41.130 good. And let's take just a minute here to talk 00:24:41.130 --> 00:24:43.950 about the new Kenwood. Just a few months ago, 00:24:44.029 --> 00:24:47.380 Kenwood came out with their first D -Star radio, 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:51.599 the TH -D74 handheld. It is a tri -bander. It 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.420 does a little bit of everything, so tell us just 00:24:55.420 --> 00:25:00.509 a little bit about the setup on a TH -D74. Well, 00:25:00.789 --> 00:25:02.990 Kenwood did a very good job in introducing their 00:25:02.990 --> 00:25:05.349 first D -Star radio, and I really would like 00:25:05.349 --> 00:25:09.210 to congratulate Kenwood for coming out and supporting 00:25:09.210 --> 00:25:13.809 as the second of the major manufacturers to enter 00:25:13.809 --> 00:25:17.450 with a D -Star radio. Therefore, you have two 00:25:17.450 --> 00:25:20.609 of the three, I will say, major ones supporting 00:25:20.609 --> 00:25:24.289 that, which pretty much establishes D -Star as 00:25:24.289 --> 00:25:26.750 kind of... I hate to really use this term, but 00:25:26.750 --> 00:25:29.849 I'll say the de facto digital voice standard. 00:25:30.410 --> 00:25:35.029 The Kenwood D74 TH -D74, full product name, it's 00:25:35.029 --> 00:25:38.589 got some great features. Even without the D -star 00:25:38.589 --> 00:25:42.849 aside, being a tri -band, 2 meter, 220, 440, 00:25:43.230 --> 00:25:45.769 gives you excellent capabilities. I've never 00:25:45.769 --> 00:25:48.940 been on 220 before having this radio. The other 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:52.740 side is it's got, in the Kenwood tradition, it's 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:57.279 got some very good APRS capabilities. And I think, 00:25:57.539 --> 00:26:00.039 because I'm still exploring, one of the things 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:02.579 that really interested me on that is being able 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:07.180 to access kind of the full TNC commands, which 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:11.700 I understand the D72 had. And I think that they've 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:15.259 carried that over to the D74 as well. Now on 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:19.640 the DSTAR side, Kenwood's entry into DSTAR, they 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:23.819 made a very good effort at doing that and they're 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:27.660 still coming out with firmware upgrades to fix 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:31.099 some bugs and also kind of correct some of the 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:33.480 maybe the startup things that didn't go exactly 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:46.009 right, but they They also have the ability to 00:26:46.009 --> 00:26:49.750 upgrade and update your memories as well with 00:26:49.750 --> 00:26:53.630 a small SD card. One thing I really like about 00:26:53.630 --> 00:26:59.471 the D74 is that it has, rather than being a... 00:26:59.470 --> 00:27:03.569 like the very small, the 2 .5 millimeter 3 -pin 00:27:03.569 --> 00:27:08.230 serial interface on it, it's got a small USB. 00:27:08.369 --> 00:27:10.390 I don't remember whether it's the mini or the 00:27:10.390 --> 00:27:14.839 micro. I think it may be the mini USB. So a standard 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:18.880 USB cable will allow you to connect it to a laptop 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.039 or another computer. Their programming software 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:25.500 is free, but I also think the people at RT Systems 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:29.380 have software as well for programming the D74. 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.559 Good radio, and I think it continues to improve. 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:35.900 There are a couple of shortcomings, but I think 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:38.420 they'll be corrected as time goes on. One of 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:42.019 them is in D -Star you have the ability to not 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:46.319 only transmit voice, but data along with it, 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:49.839 basically around 1 ,200 BPS data, similar to 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:51.859 packet, but you can do a whole lot more with 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:55.140 that. Now in the ICOM radios, it's easy to just 00:27:55.140 --> 00:28:00.279 one cable, connect to a 51 or 5100 mobile, and 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:04.640 you can do some data transfer with free programs 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:09.619 like DRATs, very good program for that. Here 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.680 in Georgia in our ARIES group, that's one of 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:14.789 the three digital mode, digital data modes that 00:28:14.789 --> 00:28:18.210 we support along with the NBEAMS FLDG package 00:28:18.210 --> 00:28:22.190 and Winlink. Unfortunately, right now in the 00:28:22.190 --> 00:28:28.380 D74, you can't run things like DRATs and use 00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:30.700 that as a data interface, but I think that will 00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:35.420 probably improve. It's probably just one or two 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.920 firmware upgrades away from having that as well. 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.839 But it's a good radio. It's a bit on the pricey 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:44.740 side. Price will probably come down like all 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:48.380 ham radios do. So it's a little bit pricey, but 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:51.559 you're getting a lot of... extra features in 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:54.819 the tri -band and the full APRS capabilities. 00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:58.859 Good radio overall. I really do like it. All 00:28:58.859 --> 00:29:01.779 right, very good. Well, there are some options 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:05.420 for you if you're looking to get into D -Star 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:09.799 or if you have the D -Star rig already, hopefully 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:14.039 that will help you get on the air. And if not, 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:16.750 we're going to... Take a break and then we're 00:29:16.750 --> 00:29:19.569 going to give you a chance to ask questions. 00:29:20.230 --> 00:29:24.289 So Get your dialing fingers ready 812 net ham 00:29:24.289 --> 00:29:29.390 one is the phone number and we'll be back and 00:29:29.390 --> 00:29:33.569 Listen to a word from the ham station and then 00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:36.789 we'll take your calls right after this on ham 00:29:36.789 --> 00:29:40.160 talk live This episode of Ham Talk Live is brought 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.240 to you by The Ham Station. 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So I think we've got 00:32:06.109 --> 00:32:13.340 that one covered. And he also wants to know Little 00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:17.420 differences between DMR, Fusion, and D -Star 00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:22.200 besides price. So again, we're trying to keep 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:24.839 it on setup tonight, but I don't want to pass 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:28.880 over the question. So if you can offer a short 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:32.279 comparison of those, I know that that's hard 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:36.059 to do in a minute or two, but if you can answer 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:40.490 that at least a little bit. voice is something 00:32:40.490 --> 00:32:43.769 that's very exciting and I do all three of those 00:32:43.769 --> 00:32:46.609 modes because I really like learning about them. 00:32:46.930 --> 00:32:49.799 In fact, that's... Getting into the digital modes 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:54.380 with first D star than DMR infusion Has really 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:56.839 revived a lot of my interest in is kind of the 00:32:56.839 --> 00:33:00.259 area that I focus on in ham radio Starting with 00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:06.059 D star D star is the most widely used Of the 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:11.339 modes. It is a narrowband digital mode It it's 00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:14.190 been around since Well, I guess it kind of started 00:33:14.190 --> 00:33:17.369 around 2005, but really hit its stride around 00:33:17.369 --> 00:33:21.849 2010, and there's, gosh, tens of thousands of 00:33:21.849 --> 00:33:26.809 registered DSTAR users around the world. It's 00:33:26.809 --> 00:33:29.470 a very good mode, and it has both, as I said 00:33:29.470 --> 00:33:34.299 earlier, voice and data capabilities. DMR is 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:37.960 a commercial digital radio standard. It's actually 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:44.440 a standard from in Europe with Etsy, ETSI, European 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.480 Telecommunication Standards Institute, I believe 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:50.059 is what that stands for. But it's been brought 00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:54.960 over into ham radio applications. It's a little 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.559 bit different. It's got a lot of similarities 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.339 in that it's true digital and it is a narrower 00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:05.640 Signal on the air than an FM signal is not quite 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.460 as narrow as D star but very very spectrally 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:12.659 efficient now the difference in DMR is It transmits 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:15.079 in what's called time division multiple access 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:19.900 or TDMA, which means you actually have two conversations, 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:23.940 two separate conversations going on on one RF 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:29.019 carrier. And because it's time division, each 00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:32.420 one transmits for only a fraction of a second. 00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.659 I think it's somewhere around 200 milliseconds, 00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:37.260 a fifth of a second, and they alternate back 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:41.139 and forth. But you pick out on your radio, one 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:46.099 of the two time slots or conversations that you 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:52.019 hear on that. DMR is a very robust modulation 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:55.980 scheme because it is used for public safety, 00:34:56.659 --> 00:35:00.920 similar to what we see with a lot of large interoperable 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:05.309 systems used as P25 standard. I call DMR the 00:35:05.309 --> 00:35:09.769 poor man's P25, but it's had a great adaptation 00:35:09.769 --> 00:35:14.070 and growth in amateur radio and there are a lot 00:35:14.070 --> 00:35:18.190 of DMR repeaters in the US, North America and 00:35:18.190 --> 00:35:21.230 around the world. So it's another mode as well. 00:35:21.769 --> 00:35:26.889 Now the final one, Yezu's system fusion. It's 00:35:26.889 --> 00:35:30.480 a very good technology. Unfortunately, I think 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:33.500 Yezu's implementation of it and how they've rolled 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:37.599 it out has probably been lacking and that's reflected 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:42.760 in its growth. Yezu tried to really foster the 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:47.280 growth by offering these $500 system fusion repeaters 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:50.780 and it would operate either FM or Fusion. And 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:53.539 I think they've sold several thousand of them. 00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:56.860 Unfortunately, most people bought them to replace 00:35:56.860 --> 00:36:01.320 their aging FM repeaters using the old Motorola 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:04.920 Micore and and technologies has been around since 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:09.679 the 80s or 70s even there. So many of those repeaters, 00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:11.360 unfortunately, will never have a digital signal 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:16.260 go through them with the. adoption of a D -Star 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:21.239 radio by Kenwood and not going with a separate 00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:26.920 standard or system fusion. It's kind of fueled 00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:30.920 a second wave of growth for D -Star and DMR continues 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.059 to grow. So the two of those are kind of the 00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:37.840 dominant standards and then you have system fusion 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:42.280 is kind of a very distant. third and the capability 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:45.559 to be able to link repeaters etc. like you can 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:50.719 with DMR and D -Star has been lacking and that's 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.519 really stymied a lot of the growth for that. 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.500 So that's kind of the shortest version I can 00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:57.849 do, Neil. Okay, very good. And we're going to 00:36:57.849 --> 00:37:00.789 do some more DMR shows and some system fusion 00:37:00.789 --> 00:37:03.869 stuff too in the future. We just kind of try 00:37:03.869 --> 00:37:06.610 to spread them out a little bit. So we'll try 00:37:06.610 --> 00:37:10.889 to get into some of those later on. But tonight's 00:37:10.889 --> 00:37:16.250 D -STAR. So we're focusing on setting up D -STAR 00:37:16.250 --> 00:37:19.710 radios. So give us a call if you have a question 00:37:19.710 --> 00:37:26.289 about D -STAR. It's 812 -NATAM1 -812 -6384. 261 00:37:26.289 --> 00:37:30.809 or you can Skype us at HamTalk Live or you can 00:37:30.809 --> 00:37:34.789 send it via Twitter our handle is at HamTalk 00:37:34.789 --> 00:37:38.829 Live we have about five minutes left so now's 00:37:38.829 --> 00:37:41.309 your chance to ask your questions if there's 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:45.329 anything that you're having trouble with on one 00:37:45.329 --> 00:37:50.369 of these D star rigs why let us know 812 net 00:37:50.369 --> 00:37:55.690 ham one is the phone number And hopefully we'll 00:37:55.690 --> 00:37:58.909 hear from a couple of people yet tonight. And 00:37:58.909 --> 00:38:04.010 we want to thank, let me get the name up here, 00:38:04.230 --> 00:38:09.269 or the call sign, KC7ZIE for tweeting in tonight. 00:38:10.789 --> 00:38:15.429 Oh, I have another one on Twitter from KB2YSI. 00:38:15.789 --> 00:38:19.570 Wants to know, is an IC7100 still compatible 00:38:19.570 --> 00:38:24.559 with the newer Radios in D -Star? Yes, it is. 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:28.400 I have one of those. I'm radio poor as you can 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:30.099 see. Yeah, you have one of everything, right? 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:36.000 Quite a few I had to be careful a couple of months 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.780 ago I was on a local net talking about the number 00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:40.719 of radios that I have my I didn't notice But 00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:43.659 my xyl was sitting across the room counting on 00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:47.119 fingers all the number of radios She said I'm 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:50.880 gonna have a great time shopping 7100 the 7100 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:58.480 has the dr. Mode just like the 5151. So for DSTAR 00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:02.340 activity on VHF, UHF, and actually you can do 00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:06.940 DSTAR on HF. If you'll go to dstarinfo .com, 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:08.659 you can find some information. There are some 00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:12.219 nets on that as well. The 7100 is a great kind 00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:15.719 of all -band radio that you can also do D -Star. 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.480 So it does incorporate the new features. You 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:22.619 can import and export memories as well on it 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:25.780 with an SD card. It has a full -size SD card, 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:29.400 not the micro size. So a lot of the same features 00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:34.619 translate to the 7100. Good radio and very economically 00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:38.340 priced for an all -band radio. And a pretty good 00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:42.739 -looking radio, too. It is. It is. It is. 812 00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:46.239 Net Ham 1. This is your last chance. We just 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:49.260 have a couple of minutes remaining. 812 Net Ham 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:53.380 1. Give us a phone call or Skype us at HamTalk 00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:58.739 Live or send us a tweet at HamTalk Live. And 00:39:58.739 --> 00:40:03.909 again, thanks to KB2YSI Don Rhodes for uh... 00:40:03.909 --> 00:40:07.530 checking in with us tonight and uh... and asking 00:40:07.530 --> 00:40:11.409 questions so uh... we've got time for one more 00:40:11.409 --> 00:40:15.429 if we can uh... if we can pick one up uh... you 00:40:15.429 --> 00:40:17.269 know there was one thing if you if you know i'm 00:40:17.269 --> 00:40:19.670 yeah yeah you want to mention something that's 00:40:19.670 --> 00:40:22.110 right yeah we've uh... we've done a class at 00:40:22.110 --> 00:40:24.829 dayton uh... for the last five years on friday 00:40:24.829 --> 00:40:27.610 morning is a three -hour class going through 00:40:27.610 --> 00:40:29.769 everything from the basics of D -STAR all the 00:40:29.769 --> 00:40:33.550 way to some of the new devices like dongles and 00:40:33.550 --> 00:40:37.469 DVAPs and hotspots and everything else. But those 00:40:37.469 --> 00:40:41.710 programs can be streamed. If you'll go to the 00:40:41.710 --> 00:40:46.030 www .dstarinfo .com website and look under the 00:40:46.030 --> 00:40:49.289 conferences tab, you can access those programs. 00:40:49.309 --> 00:40:52.849 You can also find those on YouTube as well. If 00:40:52.849 --> 00:40:55.329 you're new to D -STAR and need some information, 00:40:55.690 --> 00:40:58.860 we'll go into a lot more detail than we've been 00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:02.000 able to do tonight about setting up either one 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:05.159 of the earlier generation radios like the 2820, 00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:10.559 the 880 radios like that as well as the new generation 00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:16.900 3151, 5100, 7100 that incorporates the DR mode. 00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:20.539 So you can find that at DSTARinfo .com and an 00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:22.440 awful lot of other information is available to 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:27.239 you there. Very good, and we've got another one 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:31.139 from John Ayers here says I was wondering how 00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:34.320 to use the gateway to get directly to repeaters 00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:40.920 on the 5100 That I think what you're asking on 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:46.380 that is how do There's a Linux PC that's actually 00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:48.840 attached to repeaters. It's called the Gateway, 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.940 and that allows that repeater to connect via 00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:55.519 the Internet to reflectors, which are like big 00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:58.460 conference bridges or to other repeaters. Now, 00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.739 if you're depending on the radio you have, if 00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:04.139 you have one of the 51s or 5100s, that's all 00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:07.679 handled kind of magically for you in DR mode 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:13.619 that when you select the two. and from that will 00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:18.119 allow you to connect through that gateway out 00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:21.079 to other repeaters or reflectors. What you do 00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:23.780 is in the from heading you will set your local 00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:27.250 repeater. In the 2 setting, normally again you 00:42:27.250 --> 00:42:30.889 have the use reflector or use repeater CQ, CQ, 00:42:30.989 --> 00:42:34.530 CQ, but you can change what's in the 2 field 00:42:34.530 --> 00:42:37.989 and that will allow you to connect to reflectors. 00:42:38.369 --> 00:42:41.650 For example, reflector 1 Charlie is a very popular 00:42:41.650 --> 00:42:45.710 one. Reflector 30 Charlie is a very popular one. 00:42:46.610 --> 00:42:50.610 There is a list of reflectors out on DSTARinfo 00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:54.900 .com, so some of them are regional. Some of them 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:58.920 have a certain language worldwide. There are 00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:01.119 others that are certain interest groups and some 00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:05.559 are more geared toward MCOM or ARIES type things 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:09.460 as well. But you change where you want your local 00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:12.579 repeater, your radio to go through that local 00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:15.360 repeater by changing what's in the to field. 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:18.119 And once you highlight that, rotate the knob 00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:22.199 and you'll see access to different reflectors 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:26.380 around. All right, very good. Well, we are out 00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:29.550 of time and we just had a call come in, so I'm 00:43:29.550 --> 00:43:33.469 sorry we didn't get to you tonight. But John, 00:43:33.489 --> 00:43:36.690 I want to thank you for coming on. But that is 00:43:36.690 --> 00:43:40.710 a wrap for this week's edition of HamTalk Live. 00:43:41.090 --> 00:43:44.550 Thanks to John Davis, WB4QDX, and he's available 00:43:44.550 --> 00:43:49.849 at WB4QDX at arrl .net. And thanks to everybody 00:43:49.849 --> 00:43:52.110 out there in cyberspace for listening and calling 00:43:52.110 --> 00:43:55.050 in and tweeting in. And I'll invite you all back 00:43:55.050 --> 00:44:23.989 next Thursday night at 9pm. 7 -3 and good luck 00:44:23.989 --> 00:44:25.849 from HamTalk Live.