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The Austin area 2-meter D-Star repeater is operational and the initial QSO was conducted tonite with K3TD in Georgetown, Texas.

The repeater is a project of the Austin Amateur Radio Club in conjunction with the Williamson County ARC. The repeater is currently at a temporary location near the intersection of US 183 and RR 620/Texas 45 on a 5dBi omni-directional antenna at ~260 ft. AGL and the antenna is situated on the East side of the tower. Po to the feedline through the duplexer is approximately 19 w.

The AARC is sponsoring the Radio Roundup hamfest this weekend at the Herman Sons lodge near Decker Lake, which is just east of Austin. There will be a D-Star special interest display at the hamfest, with a D-Star demonstration for interested amateurs. For more information, please consult http://www.austinha ms.org/ -- follow the Austin Radio Roundup link under the masthead to get details and directions.

In the near future, we will be moving to our permanent site near Parmer Lane and IH-35 and adding 70cm and 23cm voice repeater and 23cm digital data modules. At that time, the gateway will be incorporated and we will be able to support communications to and from remote repeaters on the D-Star network.

The repeater call is W5KA (C-module)
The repeater output frequency is 146.48 MHz (+ 1.000 MHz split)

We want to thank a number of individuals that have provided support to this project, including Jim Trulove WB5EMI, Paul Gilbert KE5ZW, Tad Danley K3TD, Lee Cooper W5LHC, Don Dudley AC5YK, Dallas Mellichamp KD4HNX, and the WCARC, as well as a number of others. The Austin Amateur Radio Supply was instrumental in providing the ICOM controller and 23cm repeater equipment necessary for this project. In addition, we are indebted to the key players and those D-Star pioneers who have gone before us, including Jim N5MIJ of the K5TIT organization in Dallas, and Steve NU5D and John KE5C in Temple.

This project is not yet complete, and we will welcome your support and assistance in completing the full D-Star repeater stack, including the additional antennas, duplexers, triplexer, feedlines, power supplies, and Internet connectivity that are needed for full operation. But, we have completed an important first step in this exciting new technology and hope all area hams will join us in exploring this new technology.

 
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Central Texas DSTAR Group : DARN-CTX.yahoogroups.com
DSTAR Digital Group : dstar_digital.yahoogroups.com