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Section
7
D-STAR INTRODUCTION
IMPORTANT!
• The Repeater List, described in this manual, may differ from your transceiver’s preloaded contents.
• Although Japanese repeaters are used in the setting examples, the Japanese repeater node (port) letters are dif-
ferent from other country’s.
Be sure to add a repeater node letter in the 8th digit of the call sign, according to the frequency band as shown
below.
1200 MHz : A (B in Japan)
430 MHz : B (A in Japan)
144 MHz : C (no D-STAR repeaters in Japan)
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D-STAR Introduction ........................................................... 7-2
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About the DR (D-STAR Repeater) function ........................ 7-2
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Ways to Communicate using the DR function .................... 7-3
To begin the digital mode communication in other than
the DR function, you can use the VFO mode, Memory
mode and Call channel mode.
This manual describes focuses on the DR function op-
eration which can be set up easily, and if you want to
use in other than the DR function, see the procedures
as described to the right.
For a Local area call or Gateway call:
q
Set the access repeater’s frequency. (p. 15-2)
w
Set the frequency offset. (p. 15-4)
e
Set the Duplex direction. (p. 15-5)
r
Set the call signs. (p. 16-51)
For a Simplex call:
q
Set the operating frequency.
w
Set the call sign. (p. 16-51)
To begin the digital mode communication except in the DR function
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