[d-star] WI ARES/RACES Trying D-STAR 1.2 GHz High-Speed Data with WinLink 2000

[Mark Thompson]

Posted by: "James K. Darrow (KB9MMC)" kb9mmc at ameritech.net jdarro 
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:05 am ((PST)) 

Hello Everyone, 

I'm the Wisconsin ARES/RACES ASEC for Digital 
Communications, I'm also a sysop of one of two WinLink 2000 
PMBO's here in SE Wisconsin. Mine (KB9MMC) is located in 
Milwaukee, and the other (KB9MMA) is located in Racine. 

Wisconsin ARES/RACES is in the process of experimenting with 
various modes of high-speed data radios. D-Star is one of 
those modes. Recently Wisconsin ARES/RACES has acquired 4 
D-Star ID-1 units, two of these units are for new WinLink 
2000 PMBO's outside of SE Wisconsin, and I have two units 
here in Milwaukee. One of these units will be added to the 
Milwaukee PMBO, and the other will be used mobile to see how 
these units interact with each other, and with the Milwaukee 
D-Star data repeater with WinLink 2000. I would also like to 
play around using D-Star and a dispatching CAD program for 
special events. An online version of this CAD software can 
be seen at http://kb9mmc.ath.cx/tickets. Login using guest 
for user, and password. I've started loading some things in 
for the Madison - Chicago 200. 

I hope to have the first ID-1 unit in the PMBO rack and have 
the hard-line run within the next couple of weeks. Then it's 
just a matter of waiting for better weather to do some tower 
work. And then lots of testing (playing HI HI) before this 
years Madison - Chicago 200 where I hope we can give it a 
good work out. 


73's Jim KB9MMC 

James K. Darrow 
A.R.S. KB9MMC AMSAT-NA #35296 
ARRL/ARES WI ASEC Digital Communications 
ARRL Official Observer / ARRL Bulletin Station


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