FREE STAR*

Greg Speakman (VA3OMO) 1

Topics

 What is FREE STAR*  FREE STAR* Components  VE3FSR FREE STAR* System  Where to go to get more info on FREE STAR* 2

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* 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 4

FREE STAR* Components

Continued …/  GMSK rptr – Communicates with Satoshi GMSK Node Adaptor  ircDDB – Facilitates callsign and zone routing 5

VE3FSR 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 6

VE3FSR FREE STAR* System

 Continued …/  Repeater info: – – – – – Freq 445.860 MHz (+) Shift with 0 (zero) Freq offset UR = CQCQCQ Rpt1=VE3FSR B Rpt2=VE3FSR G  Zone and Callsign routing enabled 7

Where to get more info on FREE STAR*?

 Visit Ramesh (VA3UV) WEB page: http://www.va3uv.com/freestar.htm

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