[FADCA] D-Star Status Request

[Chuck Hast]

On 11/13/06, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/06, James Lindley <kg4raw at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > We have 1.2 GHZ ,440 Mhz and 2M modules, I asked the FRC About D-Star they said file with the FADCA. So sounds like we are back to the start.
> >
> On 1.2Ghz I see no problem, up until a few years ago we had some freq
> pairs on 440, but those got taken to put more legacy repeaters on that band.
> Now we need the back and of course that is probably not going to happen,
> Where are you located perhaps you can monitor one of them and see what
> it is doing, of course in some parts of the state the pairs we lost have not
> been used yet, but if  you are in South FL I think that they are gone. Some
> of them I have listened to did not really sound amateur in operation, but I
> guess anymore you can get away with about anything.
>
> 2m, FADCA has really never had pairs for data on that spectrum, so you
> will have to go to FRC for that. The spectrum we have is as follows
> 144.91, 144,93, 144.95, 144,97, 144.99, 145.01, 145.03, 145.05 145.07
> and 145.09. We may be able to pair one of them with a freq 600 Khz up.
> But that is where we are.
>
> What are are you planning to install the system?
>

Just took a peak at the db and remember that we DO have freqs up in the
145.5- 145.7 range, so we could pair two for a system. Have to see where
we can shoehorn it.


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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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