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<H1>First D-STAR on 10m and 6m ?</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>In a posting on the Illinois Digital Ham Group,
<STRONG>Mark G7LTT/NI2O </STRONG>describes what may be one of the first
transmissions of the Digital Voice mode D-STAR on the Amateur Radio 10m and 6m
bands.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Mark describes his equipment as "2 Yaesu FT-8900 quad band
FM rigs (10/6/2/440) and 2 of Satoshi's DV adapters".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>So far D-STAR has been limited to the 2 metre and 70 cm
bands, however, add on DV adaptors enable the use of rigs on other Amateur
bands.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Homebrew DV adapter<BR></FONT><A
href="http://d-star.dyndns.org/rig.html.en" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://d-star.dyndns.org/rig.html.en</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Verdana>and<BR></FONT><A
href="http://d-star.dyndns.org/ambe_adapter.html.en" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://d-star.dyndns.org/ambe_adapter.html.en</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Digital Ham Group<BR></FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/illinoisdigitalham/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/illinoisdigitalham/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>To join email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:illinoisdigitalham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><BR><FONT
face=Verdana>illinoisdigitalham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: Illinois Digital Ham
Group.</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>