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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only DSTAR repeater
operating in Iowa is W0SCI in Grimes, (443.175 +5 and 145.350
-.6)</FONT></FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>used by a dozen DSTAR operators in the DesMoines
area. </FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I won an IC-2820H at Dayton last year (it cost me
$195 in Federal gift tax this February). It did not have the UT-123 DSTAR/GPS
adapter board installed. I decided not to spend the $285 when I
learned that the IC-2820H with UT-123 will not support APRS internally, and
DSTAR will not operate if the data port is connected to a TNC for APRS.
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I might be tempted to buy the UT-123 DSTAR
adapter if a DSTAR repeater went up in the Cedar Rapids
area.</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the Des Moines hamfest two weeks ago, I received
a hardcopy of the W0SCI DSTAR Repeater System User Documentation, which has
instructions on how to register to use their Internet gateway. I will make
you a copy if you are interested. Worth registering, if you plan to be
within 40 miles of Grimes.</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Klaus N0YWB</FONT> </DEFANGED_DIV>
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size=3>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message:
1<BR>Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:54:03 -0500<BR>From: </FONT><A
href="mailto:djhuff@rockwellcollins.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>djhuff@rockwellcollins.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Subject: [CRAPRS] Eastern Iowa DSTAR Frequencies?<BR>To: </FONT><A
href="mailto:craprs@rf.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>craprs@rf.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Message-ID:<BR><</FONT><A
href="mailto:OF4C9CD44D.FABC4FF1-ON862575AF.0054CC83-862575AF.006D51A8@rockwellcollins.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>OF4C9CD44D.FABC4FF1-ON862575AF.0054CC83-862575AF.006D51A8@rockwellcollins.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>><BR><BR>Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>The UPS guy just delivered my new Icom DSTAR radio,
and I was wanting to <BR>play with it. So the question is, are there any
DSTAR frequencies or <BR>frequency pairs in Eastern Iowa? I tried a web
search to find standard <BR>simplex calling frequencies, but nothing found for
Iowa. It seems to be <BR>more prevalent down south, TX, Alabama & so
forth. I am totally new to <BR>DSTAR, still trying to figure it
out.<BR><BR>Anybody have any ideas or suggestions? At this point, I can do
simplex, <BR>but since there is no defined channel for that, it is kind of a
guess.<BR><BR>I ordered the ID-880H, (144/440 moblie rig) it shares the same
packet <BR>jacks as my IC706, and the programming cable is the same as Icom
<BR>handhelds, so if nothing else, it will be put into service as a APRS rig
<BR>for me. <BR><BR><BR>David J Huff</FONT><BR></DEFANGED_DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>