Posted by mikie on November 3, 2020

These 3 settings are required for D-star to work properly. Here is what each of these are:

D-Star

URCALL: The command or linking / routing information
- CQCQCQ: For talking on the local repeater and/or going out to the connected reflector
- REFxxxL: command to link the local repeater to REFxxx.
- I: Get info like where the repeater is connected, etc
- U: Unlink local repeater from wherever it is connected to.
CALL1: This is the callsign of the repeater and module that you are trying to talk to.
- There are some special formatting needed for this:
  - Callsign must be 6 characters long. If you callsign is not 6 characters long, fill up the additional characters with spaces.
  - There must be a single space between the callsign and module.
  - The module is a single uppercase character
- Modules are in most if not all cases:
  - A – 1.2 Ghz Voice
  - B – 440 Mhz Voice
  - C – 144 Mhz Voice
CALL2: This is the callsign of the gateway you are trying to connect through. In most cases the callsign of the gateway is the same as the repeater.
- Similarly to CALL1 this has the same special format of 6 characters for callsign, a space and a single character that is always G for gateway.

We have created a page that describes how to setup your radio to access our D-Star repeaters. You can find it here: https://mawcg.org/connecting-to-our-d-star-repeaters/

Categories: D-Star, Radio Configuration