ARLA/CLUSTER: Fwd: CQ0DSA B is the most recent D-STAR repeater in Portugal.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

--- In dstar_digital  yahoogroups.com, João Gonçalves Costa 
<joao.a.costa  ...> wrote:

CQ0DSA B is the call sign of the most recent D-STAR repeater radio 
station in Portugal.

Located in " Serra da Arrábida ", few kms South of Lisboa – capital 
city of Portugal, this device is simply on trial phase for the 
moment.

The entire project as well as the official operational licence goes 
to A.R.L.A. ( " Associação de Radioamadores do Litoral 
Alentejano " ).

Carlos Mourato, CT4RK, Vice-President of ARLA has written in 
ARLA/CLUSTER mailing List in last Saturday, 24 of April:

" This regional ham radio association would like also to take the 
chance for expressing public gratitude, appreciation and 
recognition, regarding all those colleagues who helped on the 
accomplishment of such remarkable ambition, in particular a few 
voluntary contributions from non associates.

Thank you very much indeed by your support.

In fact, this assignment was only possible thanks to a small group 
of around 30 altruistic financial contributors, all dedicated to 
pursuit the intended goal right until the end.

With such open-handedness and an impeccable working task force, it's 
easy to declare that every club and association ought to have 
valuable people like our colleague fellows.

According with the plan, a gateway connection is ready and will be 
accessible soon. The preliminary works of this first intervention 
had in mind a simple start of the repeater on its basic, but full 
functional, features.

With this job, the team involved did also perform some deep 
alterations on the site original setting up, including a brand new 2 
metres high rack to receive inside all the equipments, including the 
two other analogical repeater stations working previously there, as 
well as other support devices, like power suppliers and so on. Even 
with a lot of work to get nearer, this latest rack arrangement gives 
already an impressive "professional look " to A.R.L.A.'s " toys ".

Obviously time is never enough and, as usual with amateur setting 
up's, a few unpredictable " Murphy's law " events had a say in order 
to postpone some important efforts for the next visit.

In roughly 15 days from now, by the time of next mission, the team 
responsible for this task hopes to fulfil the required concluding 
works, which includes the above mentioned activation of the D-STAR 
repeater gateway. "

Below we let you with the previously announced data and TRX 
configuration tips :

UHF Channel: RU578

Call Sign: CQ0DSA B

TX Repeater: 438,475 MHz

RX Repeater: 430,875 MHz

Shift: -7,6 MHz.

RF Power: 25 W.

QTH local designation: Serra da Arrábida / Setúbal 

Geographic Location: 38º 29` 33,41" N / 08º 57` 43,39" W

Locator Maidenhead: IM58ml.

Altitude (ASL): 385m.

Heading: Omni Vertical.

Mode: GMSK .

DesEmi: 6K00F7W.

Internet Gateway: Not Available at moment, will be accessible soon. 
 
Licence owner and maintenance responsibility: A.R.L.A. -  Associação 
de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano 
 
This Local Ham Radio Association have join efforts with NAUCOM 
(Icom's delegate company for Portugal ), and thanks to ICP-ANACOM - 
(the equivalent to FCC in Portugal ) conformity, the project have 
become achievable.

Best Regards.

João Costa
CT1FBF
Moderator of the ARLA/CLUSTER mailing List.

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