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Digital Voice
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Digital Voice is here, a quiet little revolution in Amateur Radio. Will it replace SSB the way SSB replaced AM? Some people think so. Some are afraid it will! This program will introduce you most of the flavors of Digital Voice currently in use in Amateur Radio: D-STAR and P-25 on VHF/UHF; and AOR, WinDRM and DRM-DV on HF, with a sample of the brand new FDMDV. You'll hear what they sound like, see how they operate, and be ready for... the future. I traveled to Dallas, Alabama, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington DC, and, of course, Dayton for interviews and demonstrations from the hams who are on the leading edge of this new technology.

The complete program runs about an hour. That's a little long for some club meetings, so I've broken it up into two main segments, plus an introduction (all on one DVD):

Introduction - 5 minutes
HF Modes - 25 minutes
VHF/UHF Modes - 35 minutes

As usual, the DVD is extensively indexed so you can find specific topics easily.


watch an 8 minute preview
Digital Voice DVD
$22
plus shipping



Download the PREVIEW
requires Windows Media Player®
Version 9 or newer
(This is not a streaming server - please download the demo - right-click and select "Save Link Target As...")

  Also, QST has given me permission to post a PDF version of my article "Operating D-STAR", published in September, 2007. You can download the PDF here.
This article is © ARRL – you may download it, and link to this download, but please don't put it on your own web site or distribute it.

I can't re-print it here, but I've also written the revised VHF/UHF FM-Digital chapter in the new ARRL Operating Manual.

73,
Gary KN4AQ


K5TIT D-STAR Site
Jim McClellan N5MIJ, with the K5TIT D-STAR system on a tall building in downtown Dallas, TX
K0PFX
Mel Whitten KØPFX demonstrates the AOR digital voice modem. The inset shows the WinDRM operation screen.


LINKS to Digital Voice resources


D-STAR
  • ICOM. D-STAR radios, product information, forums
  • Texas Interconnect Team K5TIT. D-STAR forums
  • D-STAR Users.org. Live "heard" list, D-STAR Repeater Directory, 3rd party software/hardware  info, user and repeater-owner advice, links to Find-U maps
  • DVDongle. USB device that connects user computers to D-STAR repeaters over the Internet. The DV Dongle is available only from HRO.
HF
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