[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] DSTAR tips from Hamvention

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Good gouge!  Thanks Ian!
73,
Sean

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> On May 23, 2023, at 9:11 PM, Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hamvention was great (as always).  If you haven't been, you really should
> go some time.  Learned a couple of things at the DSTAR forum:
> 
> 1.  Please don't set up your hotspot to auto-connect to Ref 001C or Ref
> 030C.  These are very popular reflectors yet 90 percent of the connected
> hotspots are just listening.  There is a limit on the number of connections
> and your idle hotspot might prevent someone from connecting who actually
> wants to talk.
> 
> 2.  Be sure to have a valid email listed in your qrz.com profile.  If
> there's an issue with your hotspot, the reflector admins will attempt to
> contact you at your email address listed on qrz.com.  If they can't get in
> touch with you, you risk getting your callsign blocked on the gateway.
> 
> 73, Ian N8IK
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