http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/ D-STAR GMSK Simplex Nodes and Repeaters Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:22:21 GMT Rob Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3864 With all of these fantastic new members in the group, will there be a DD extension to the HotSpot so we can use ID-1's to see all of these fabulous pictures? Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:41:36 GMT Mark Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3862 I am able to sell you a board which will come complete with a bootloader for Fred's firmware. This means that you will not need to burn a PIC and you'll also Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:07:00 GMT Beischel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3861 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3861 OK, so no one is coming to Dayton with Hotspots for sale. Who if anyone is offering a ready built hotspot with firmware ready to be connected to a radio? I see Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:56:25 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3860 ... Well, I try. :) ... Again, you might be thinking of Foundation. Our rules are (very broadly) Foundation AM/SSB/CW (hand sent) on 80, 40, 15, 10m Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:21:08 GMT Neil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3859 I must have a good memory then Tony. Guess that if you can keep up with the UK licences and rules, you are better than a lot of us over here! I think a few Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:20 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3858 ... I think you mean Foundation, the Novice licence was replaces by Standard in the last few years. :) And we are allowed to link/unlink reflectors here. The Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:40:21 GMT mm0fmf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3857 ... It's changed more than you can imagine. For a start there is no BR68 anymore. The new licence is incredibly liberal compared to the old. That's partly Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:31:51 GMT Mark McGregor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3856 Ummm ... no ;-) It will probably already be run ragged from just my own use. Mark (KB9KHM) ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:31:40 GMT Mark Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3855 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3855 Y'know...., Maybe we are going about this all wrong? Maybe Mark has a point. Perhaps we should look at a group booth similar to what the APRS crowd do. Mark Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:23:41 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3854 ... Are you offering your Mastercard for use? :D 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:29 GMT Mark Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3853 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3853 It used to be that ours was a "disabling" licence. BR68 outlined what you could _not_ do. In other words if it wasn't in BR68 you _could_ do it. We were very Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:25 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3852 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3852 ... That can be helped with some information. It depends how organised your local/regional/national D-STAR community is. Down here, we have a national D-STAR Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:16:10 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3851 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3851 ... Well, that's the way the current gateway implementation works. I don't agree this is the way things should work overall, but that's how the G2 gateway Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:10:22 GMT Tony Langdon, VK3JED http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3850 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3850 ... From what I understand, UK rules are somewhat over the top. I feel for those in the UK who actually do want to experiment with newer technologies. 73 de Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:52:00 GMT Neil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3849 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node/message/3849 Apart from the handful of websites that give anyone streaming audio from the D-Star system, it is impossible to listen to D-Star without buying a radio, which