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FREE STAR*FREE STAR*

Greg Speakman (VA3OMO)

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TopicsTopics

What is FREE STAR* FREE STAR* Components VE3FSR FREE STAR* System Where to go to get more info on FREE STAR*

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What is FREE STAR*?What is FREE STAR*?

FREE STAR* is an experimental approach towards the implementation of a vendor neutral digital communication network.

FREE STAR* encourages experimentation, construction, testing, and all of the founding principles upon which, amateur radio was developed.

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FREE STAR* ComponentsFREE STAR* Components

Open G2– Communicates with Trust Server

Dextra_srv– Communicates with reflectors and other gateways

running dextra_srv Dstarrepeater

– dstarrepeater software, which communicates with the sound card

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GMSK rptr– Communicates with Satoshi GMSK Node Adaptor

ircDDB– Facilitates callsign and zone routing

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VE3FSR FREE STAR* SystemVE3FSR FREE STAR* System

Located in Kanata Using AMD Dual Core CPU PC with Cent OS

5.5 connected to the Internet Software is used for GMSK Simplex Repeater using a Yaesu FT-8800

interfaced with the FREE STAR* PC

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– Freq 445.860 MHz

– (+) Shift with 0 (zero) Freq offset

– UR = CQCQCQ

– Rpt1=VE3FSR B

– Rpt2=VE3FSR G Zone and Callsign routing enabled

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Where to get more info on FREE STAR*?Where to get more info on FREE STAR*?

Visit Ramesh (VA3UV) WEB page:

http://www.va3uv.com/freestar.htm

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