Posted in D-Star on Feb 21st, 2009 Comments Off
Rob VK2MT and I visited the Madden’s Plains repeater site this afternoon to see if we could sort out what the problem with the VK2RDS D-Star gateway. It appears that there was a dodgy connection on the CAT5 cable that runs outside to the Avalan 900MHz Ethernet link system. A bit of wiggling [...]
Posted in D-Star on Feb 17th, 2009 Comments Off
The VK2RDS D-Star gateway server at Madden’s Plains appears to have lost its Internet connectivity. We are looking into it, and will let everyone know when it is working again.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Neil VK2VNJ
VK2RDS gateway administrator
Posted in D-Star on Feb 11th, 2009 Comments Off
The VK2RDS D-STAR system, located at Madden’s Plains, has taken another big step forward. The D-Star Gateway server is now running. Once you register with the gateway, you can use the it to easily communicate with D-STAR operators through other D-STAR systems around the world.
To register with the VK2RDS gateway, go to:
http://vk2rds.iars.org.au
and follow these [...]
I’ve set up a discussion board on the IARS forum for interested amateurs to discuss D-Star in the Illawarra, and the new IARS D-Star repeater.
You also can get directly to D-Star information on this site by consulting the sidebar at the right of this page.
Have fun!
Neil Vk2VNJ, Webmaster
Please note this post now shows the corrected frequencies.
Well…. the big day is almost upon us. D-star day that is! Tentative frequencies have been allocated, and the repeaters programmed, we are presently waiting on ACMA confirmation. The frequencies will be (pending approval):-
Band: 23cm, Mode: DD (Digital Data)
Rptr TX: 1298.500MHz
Rptr RX: 1298.500MHz Simplex
Band: [...]
G’day all,We have applied for the SDSL broadband internet connection today for the Maddens Plain Repeater site. All going well (Fingers crossed) we hope to have an active Internet connection for the D-Star system within a couple of weeks.
All we need now is some Repeaters, the appropriate Licences (This is to be furbished by others-hopefully [...]
G’day one and all
Well things have been happening behind the scenes with the IARS D-Star project. As usual we don’t do things by halves, and the system promises to be of a world class standard. I thought it was about time we let you all know about our progress.
The two 2Metre/70Centimetre/23Centimetre Triband Hi-Gain Diamond Collinear [...]
Icom in conjunction with the WIA have chosen the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society along with the Manly Warringah Club to receive a 2Metre/70cm/23cm D-Star Repeater system.
This system will be located at Maddens Plane and will entail Digital Voice and 4.8KB/s simultaneous data on 2Metres 70Centimetres and 23Centimetres along with 128KB/s high speed data on 23CM’s. [...]