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D-Star

Information about the D-Star digital radio systems and our

D-Star compatible repeater.

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Repeater Control Systems

The heart of the Bay-Net network is the Sierra Radio repeater control system.  These controllers support up to 8 ports and can be used for repeaters, links, IRLP nodes, remote base stations, etc.

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Your Personal Go Kit

Personal Go Kit for Emergency Communications.  This is a great PDF file created by Dan O’Connor KE7HLR delivered at EMCOMWEST

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D-Star Panel Presentations  (Pacificon 2010)

D-Star Intro by George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU, D-Star for Beginners by Rick McCusker WF6O, Building a D-Star Hot Spot by Jim Moen K6JM,  Linux-based D-Star compatible repeater software by David Lake G4ULF

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Building an Inexpensive D-Star Compatible Repeater (Pacificon 2010)

Rich KC6OBJ and David KG6TAA built a new D-Star compatible repeater providing coverage at Lake Oroville, CA.  Presented at Pacificon 2010 by Rich Timpa KC6OBJ.

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JT65A Weak Signal HF  (Pacificon 2010)

This is an excellent overview of the JT65 weak signal mode used on the HF bands.  This presentation was delivered at Pacificon in 2010.
By David Witkowski, W6DTW

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A Practical Guide to Designing Ham Radio Projects With PIC Microcontrollers

This presentation gives a broad overview of microcontrollers, parts selection, hardware and software development tools and simple examples.  

By George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU

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Building a D-Star Hot Spot  (Pacificon 2010)

This is a great overview of the process of building a D-Star compatible hot spot.  

By Jim Moen, K6JM

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IRLP & Echolink

IRLP and Echolink voice over IP (VOIP) services allow connections to thousands of repeaters
all over the world.  

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San Bruno Fire - “The First 40 Minutes”   (Pacificon 2010)

This presentation describes the American Red Cross communications response to the tragic San Bruno fire.  The Bay-Net system was the main communications link between the Red Cross offices, San Bruno EOC, ICP and evacuation centers.  Presented at Pacificon 2010 by Rob Goodson, N2RAG, of the American Red Cross.

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How to Identify Digital Phone Modes on VHF/UHF

By David Witkowski, W6DTW

This presentation provides recorded audio and pictures of spectra of various digital systems so that hams without digital gear can identify the modes they might hear on VHF/UHF bands

Covers: D-Star, APCO Project 25 “P25”, NXDN, DMR Tier 2 (functionally akin to MotoTRBO

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Introduction to D-Star

By George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU

This presentation is an overview of the D-Star digital radio system, how it works, and how we built our own non-Icom D-Star compatible repeater system.

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Microcontroller Apps for Ham Radio Projects

By George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU

This presentation is an introduction to using microcontrollers for ham radio projects.  Several examples are illustrated using the HamStack microcontroller platform.

Presented at Pacificon 2011.

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Building an Inexpensive D-Star Compatible Repeater

By Rich Timpa, KC6OBJ

This presentation shows how to build your own D-Star repeater and introduces you to many new advanced D-Star features including ircDDB, MONLINK, G2 gateway and STARnet.

Presented at Pacificon 2011.

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