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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">GB7IC nears 2000 D-STAR callsign registrations!</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><img src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28871108_1790128141010697_229467229793209240_n.jpg?oh=906daa4e365f2b7b9342a4b1a76d8e31&oe=5B398CA1" width="300" align="right" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;">The Icom UK D-STAR repeater,<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">GB7IC</strong>, nears the magical figure of 2000 D-STAR callsign registrations. GB7IC's first registration was way back in April 2008, and ten years later nearly 2000 people have registered via our repeater to the gateway.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">To have this many registrations from one D-STAR repeater is an incredible feat and congratulations to the Icom UK team for registering all those users.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">D-STAR is the worlds most popular digital amateur radio network with currently 1652 repeaters globally*.<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">In the UK, there are currently, 77 operational D-STAR repeaters with another 12 licensed and more coming on line. Many, many more callsigns are registered on these other repeaters.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">To find out more about the D-STAR and how to get involved in this exciting form of Amateur radio, visit our dedicated microsite at <a href="http://www.d-staruk.co.uk/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word"><span> </span>www.d-staruk.co.uk</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2" style="box-sizing:border-box">*As quoted by Icom Inc</font>.</p>
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