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Area 1
Zone A
Repeater 1
Area 2
Repeater 2
Area 3
Repeater 3
Area 4
Repeater 4
Zone B
Area 7
Repeater 6
Area 6
Repeater 7
Area 8
Repeater 8
Area 5
Repeater 5
Internet
Internet
(Gateway)
(Gateway)
Area:
The Area is the communication range
that is covered by a single repeater.
The repeater is called an area, or
access repeater in the D-STAR system.
Zone:
The Zone is composed of several areas, that are linked
by a 10 GHz microwave link.
Areas 1 to 4 and 5 to 8 make up a zone in the example
above.
Link repeater:
The microwave (10 GHz) link repeater
provides linking with another repeater
site (Area) for zone construction.
Gateway repeater:
Gateway repeaters provide communications between
different zones via the internet.
Repeater 3 and 6 are gateway repeaters at the
example above.
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D-STAR system description