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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Já se encontra desde a algum tempo em testes em Portugal, em especial no repetidor D-Star da Serra da Arrábida em Setúbal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>New DV-RPTR modem board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A New Year's Day video showing the DV-RPTR modem board from Germany. It arrives as a D-Star GMSK board... but with a difference!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Instead of using a more traditional CMX589 GMSK modem chip, a software based DSP modem provides the same functionality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The advantage of this approach is that this board is not limited to being a D-Star only HotSpot board... other digital modes can be accommodated with no hardware changes, a firmware re-write is all that is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Open source hardware, firmware and software makes it an experimenters delight. Check out http://www.dvrptr.de/ ... don't put a hyphen between dv & rptr like I said in the video... oops.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Initial tests show this board to be an excellent performer and possibly even better than the CMX589 in receiving weak signals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The DV-RPTR Control Center software allows connection to Dplus Reflectors, Dextra Reflectors and also Dplus connection to gateway computers. It also supports ircDDB and GPS to APRS translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>DV-RPTR support is planned for the Dutch*Star WinDV software as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Watch DV-RPTR Modem Board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_kmqJHWHIM&feature=youtube_gdata">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_kmqJHWHIM&feature=youtube_gdata</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>DV RPTR Open Source Modem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.dvrptr.de/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>D-Star Digital Yahoo Group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>