Great update Steve, thank you! It was good to watch the troubleshooting you guys went through the other day, and definitely good to have the "to the point" update as well. 73s
Thank you very much for the follow up, been trying to figure out terminal mode for like a year lol. Just needed a working reflector the whole time. Again thank you so much for taking the time and effort to give us a lesson for this. 73
The best thing about the ultra long live feed the other night was, I got home 50 minutes into it, and still caught over half of it. Digital is still confusing to me. I am over 30 miles from a Dstar repeater on 440 and while I can monitor, like al the 440 repeaters around here which are that far away, I can not activate them. I am about to set up a Rim-lite Allstar mode using my Alinco 135, or about to start the process anyways. Wish me luck after all, you guys got me into this..........
Excellent video. Terminal and access point mode are useful but highly restricted. You described it well. D star has so many different components to the system. Ref dcs xrf xlx and terminal and access like you said. Only gives a tiny amount of places to go. Still useful. Overall great video good information
Thanks Chris! I still want to know what REF/DCS/XRF/XLX are... it seems overly complicated and might be where M17 comes in to fix a lot of this complication. D-Star is over 20 years old now, about time it started having children ;-)
Thank you for this, but so far must have seen about half a dozen or more videos telling me how to get on D-star, but I have never actually seen anyone talking to anyone over it, or telling me how to do that....One day I may figure it out.
Thanks George! Cage is here: amzn.to/3i3ZAHf I have a couple of videos on my channel about it and the other Windcamp accessories. I really like the cage.
Hi Steve! Great video. Thank you so much. It seems that D-STAR must go forward. Are there any other gateway ip's connecting to Reflectors that you know of?? Please update the list if you learn more.. If only there was an official list to D-STAR website with this info. I don't really get why not...Do you know why we cannot have some more gateway ip's connecting to multiple reflectors?? Is this even doable?? 73'
XRF546A is the digital TOADs reflector, you can get to that one from gateway mode. Ham radio stuff always seems harder than it needs to be. A lot of people think the "pecuniary interest" rule means that all ham must be free, so they don't think about how to get paid for their time... so it doesn't happen.
@@temporarilyoffline Thank you for your reply.I understand the situation ...is it technical possible to have one Gateway ip to connect to multiple reflectors(changing only the reflector on the IC-705)? What is the Gateway ip address for the XRF546A?? 73' de SY2DGU
Terminal mode is great if anyone would explain how to actually "talk" to other hams via the terminal mode. I have watched many videos explaining how to terminal mode my IC-9700. OK, I did it, it connected to a server....NOW WHAT? Do I yell at the radio? What's the next step to actually "talk" to someone on Dstar?
Do you have your callsign in with the right number of spaces between it and the trailing number? I think it needs to be 7 or 8 characters total with spaces filling between callsign and station identifier... Also, the remote server needs to be up and running as well, so check out that server's website for more info on that.
I'm out of ideas on this one, but join us over on the discord server: discord.gg/97tkMEc and ask your question in the #digital-radio room. There are lots of smart people there!
Great update Steve, thank you! It was good to watch the troubleshooting you guys went through the other day, and definitely good to have the "to the point" update as well. 73s
Hopefully it helps people see that this stuff is hard and that we all have struggles... and that we take care of our own!
Thank you very much for the follow up, been trying to figure out terminal mode for like a year lol. Just needed a working reflector the whole time. Again thank you so much for taking the time and effort to give us a lesson for this. 73
No problem, it was a lot of fun... no really... 😀
Perseverance. Great job TO. Thanks for the video.
I've been accused of having patience before.
That was excellent Steve thanks for sharing !
Anytime Bill, good to see you again!
The best thing about the ultra long live feed the other night was, I got home 50 minutes into it, and still caught over half of it. Digital is still confusing to me. I am over 30 miles from a Dstar repeater on 440 and while I can monitor, like al the 440 repeaters around here which are that far away, I can not activate them. I am about to set up a Rim-lite Allstar mode using my Alinco 135, or about to start the process anyways. Wish me luck after all, you guys got me into this..........
Good Luck and Good Fortune my friend! TOADs are hear to help if you get stuck, but I suspect you've got this!
Nicely done. Thanks for making this video. It is so much cleaner than the one you made before.
Barry, KU3X
Learn a little on Monday, make a new video on Friday... might be a trend.
Excellent video. Terminal and access point mode are useful but highly restricted. You described it well. D star has so many different components to the system. Ref dcs xrf xlx and terminal and access like you said. Only gives a tiny amount of places to go. Still useful. Overall great video good information
Thanks Chris! I still want to know what REF/DCS/XRF/XLX are... it seems overly complicated and might be where M17 comes in to fix a lot of this complication. D-Star is over 20 years old now, about time it started having children ;-)
@@temporarilyoffline if you can figure out REF access too, you can hit ❤️
@@baetaewon1 From what I understand you need a D-Star repeater or a hotspot to make that work.
Great Job Steve, very informative video.
Thanks Steve!
I may have to get an IC705 now! Thanks Steve….
Hey Paul! The 705 is a pretty good "tool" when it comes to ham radio. I'm a fan.
I wish this is what our Nuggets turned out like.
We'll have to plan another one
Excellent Steve thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Thank you for this, but so far must have seen about half a dozen or more videos telling me how to get on D-star, but I have never actually seen anyone talking to anyone over it, or telling me how to do that....One day I may figure it out.
Me too!
Nice work!
Thanks!
I will try this later when I unpack the 705 from the trailer!, Thanks TO!!
Let me know if you need any help with it. Its an interesting tool to keep in your toolbox.
Great video TO. Thanks for taking the time to make it. BTW, where did you get the "Cage" for your 705? Best 73, George K2WO
Thanks George! Cage is here: amzn.to/3i3ZAHf I have a couple of videos on my channel about it and the other Windcamp accessories. I really like the cage.
Great info. Thx TO
Anytime Jason!
Hi Steve! Great video. Thank you so much. It seems that D-STAR must go forward. Are there any other gateway ip's connecting to Reflectors that you know of?? Please update the list if you learn more.. If only there was an official list to D-STAR website with this info. I don't really get why not...Do you know why we cannot have some more gateway ip's connecting to multiple reflectors?? Is this even doable?? 73'
XRF546A is the digital TOADs reflector, you can get to that one from gateway mode. Ham radio stuff always seems harder than it needs to be. A lot of people think the "pecuniary interest" rule means that all ham must be free, so they don't think about how to get paid for their time... so it doesn't happen.
@@temporarilyoffline Thank you for your reply.I understand the situation ...is it technical possible to have one Gateway ip to connect to multiple reflectors(changing only the reflector on the IC-705)? What is the Gateway ip address for the XRF546A?? 73' de SY2DGU
@@Abisynth Here is the DNS name: xrf546a.toads.site, we also do YSF at ysf.toads.site
Aces.
Better that Deuces!
I have a open spot 4 and also a ICOM ID52A,
Good choice
Hi. Can you make also a video with the G3 Terminal Mode on G3 Gateways not on XLX Reflectors?
Let me see if I can, I never heard of it before.
Terminal mode is great if anyone would explain how to actually "talk" to other hams via the terminal mode. I have watched many videos explaining how to terminal mode my IC-9700. OK, I did it, it connected to a server....NOW WHAT? Do I yell at the radio? What's the next step to actually "talk" to someone on Dstar?
Say your call sign and ask for a "signal check" and you should get a response. Let me know how it goes.
Hi Steve, enjoy your videos. I configured my 705 as described but I get a small red x after transmitting, how can I troubleshoot this?
Do you have your callsign in with the right number of spaces between it and the trailing number? I think it needs to be 7 or 8 characters total with spaces filling between callsign and station identifier... Also, the remote server needs to be up and running as well, so check out that server's website for more info on that.
@@temporarilyoffline The website appears to be running fine, triple checked the spacing etc. No luck.
I'm out of ideas on this one, but join us over on the discord server: discord.gg/97tkMEc and ask your question in the #digital-radio room. There are lots of smart people there!
Just watch out for the fun police on 30c. That guy Chrstopher was an Ass. I'm sure there are some other cool reflectors around. Got any other faves?
Not yet, but I'm looking for suggestions and we're making one for TOADs
yep - great video - as usual Icom makes it not useful
Designed by engineers, still the best game in town... since its almost the only game in town.