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WhenyoupressPTTandsaysomethinglike“<callsign>echotest”,therepeaterwillechobackthevoiceitheard.
MostDSTARrepeatersofferthisconvenienttestfeaturethathelpstoconfirmradiosettingsandvoicequality.
TheseexamplesshouldmakeiteasytounderstandtheconfigurationoftheDSTARradios.Also,observethat
somecasesshownaboveillustratesomeconvenientfeaturesnotgenerallypossibleonregularrepeaters. These
are,infact,someofthebiggestfeaturechangewhenusingDSTARsystem.
That’sallthereistoit. Rememberonlyfourentries–MYCALL,URCALL,RPT1andRPT2controleverything.
MYCALLandRPT1remainunchangedifyouremaininthesamearea,URCALLissimplythedestinationyouare
tryingtocallandRTP2isbasedonthefeaturebeingused.
Lastly,tousethegatewayandotherfeatures,yourcallsignhastoberegisteredintheDSTARsystem,once.
Searchtheinternetornavigatetowww.dstarusers.organdidentifythelocalDSTARrepeaterinyourarea,and
navigatetotherepeaterwebsite(WW6BAYwebsiteiswww.baynet.org)andsignupyourcallsignontheirweb
site.Onceconfirmed,youcanusetheentireDSTARsystemtomakesomereallyinterestingcontactsindistant
countries.
Aftersuccessfullymasteringthesemodes,youwillbewellonyourwaytoenjoythemoreadvancedfeaturesof
thisnewexcitingareaofamateurradio. Congratulateyourself,youdeserveit!
73,
UmeshGhodke
K6VUG