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<H1>D-Star contacts with Japan made easier </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Ray, M3ZRJ, contacted us with news of an interesting new
development for those using the D-Star system to contact Japan. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Ray writes: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>I was advised this morning, during a QSO with Kohji
Tanaka, JA4NYY, in Hiroshima, that contacting individual Japanese radio amateurs
by D-STAR has become easier as from today. I tried it and it worked.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>To call a particular station in Japan, just enter their
callsign in the URCALL field of your transceiver. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>RPT1 and RPT2 will</STRONG>, as usual, need to be
set to access your repeater's gateway, e.g. <STRONG>GB7AU^^B</STRONG> and
<STRONG>GB7AU^^G</STRONG> respectively, where ^ is a space. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Your call should then be routed to their last recorded
location.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>For further information, please see </FONT><A
href="http://www.qrz.com/ja4nyy" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>www.qrz.com/ja4nyy</FONT></A></P>
<P><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Ray, M3ZRJ</FONT></EM> </P></DIV></BODY></HTML>