D-Star for Beginners (Amateur Radio for Beginners) by Brian Schell

A Practical, What-You-Need-to-Know Guide to Getting on D-Star. D-Star is a powerful system for linking the worlds of amateur radio and the Internet. You can link your handheld radio to repeaters, individuals, or reflectors located anywhere in the world, quickly and easily. And because it's all digital, you get crystal-clear, digital sound. The book covers the setup and use of four different D-Star hardware configurations: DV-Dongle: A small device that lets you access the entire D-Star network from your computer. No radio is required. Icom IC-92AD Radio: A small handheld radio that is very common. The setup for most Icom radios is very similar to this, so if you have another Icom, it's easy to adapt these instructions. Icom IC-ID5100A Radio: Icom's newest (as of this writing) Mobile D-Star radio. With touchscreen input, GPS, and a repeater/reflector database, this radio is a completely new way to program your radio. DVAP: A device that combines all the other methods. Use your handheld radio to transmit to a small device on your computer that encodes your digital radio signal and transmits it through the Internet. Inside you'll find step-by-step tutorials on how use your radio or dongle to: Use RT System's programming software to program the IC-92AD radio (CHIRP is similar) Read more