ARLA/CLUSTER: Informação sobre o D-STAR QSO Party 2013 pela Icom America

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Icom America announces D-STAR QSO Party 2013 information

Icom America announces information for the 2013 D-STAR QSO Party, an
annual contest that promotes fellowship with amateur (ham) radio
operators from around the world through D-STAR, "Digital Smart
Technologies for Amateur Radio."

This year's global event will take place over three days starting
Friday, September 20 (00:00 UTC) to Sunday, September 22 (24:00 UTC).
Official rules and party details for the D-STAR QSO Party 2013 will be
available at a later date and posted to Icom America's website.

"The D-STAR QSO Party has been an exciting yearly event for D-STAR
enthusiasts all over the world," says Ray Novak, Icom America Division
Manager - Amateur and Receivers Products. "Each year, we see increases
in the number of new D-STAR users and event participants. I hope to
see this become a regular annual activity on everyone's calendar!"

D-STAR is an open standard digital communication protocol popular with
amateur radio enthusiasts as well as members from the emergency
communications (EmComm) community. D-STAR delivers clear digital voice
and can transmit data such as call sign, short messages and GPS
information.

According to D-StarUsers.org, D-STAR usage has grown considerably in
the last year. Currently, there are approximately 27,000 D-STAR users
and over 1,000 repeaters registered on the USRoot network.