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Welcome to Digital Voice Radio! If you are new,
we have some tips to help you get started.
If you are an old hand at Digital Voice (D-Star, DMR,
Fusion, NXDN, or P25)
welcome!
Either way, we are glad you are here. Hope to talk to you on the air
soon!
Check out the new
D-Star
Tips! Thanks to KE3C for sharing!!
If you are new to D-Star - Welcome!
If you have not registered your call sign, please click
here
*****New DR Mode users (Icom,
Kenwood) - please go
here to get the most
recent repeater list****
Roland's 2022 Presentation on Digital Voice Mode is
here
Roland's 2022 TAPR Presentation on D-Star is
here
Note: the slides
will open in a new window (tab). Click on the disk icon to save the file to your
hard drive.
Links may work better from a saved file than when open in a browser.
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This notice went out today (12/26/22) on the
Group IO email.
It's with a great sense of loss that we announce that Roland Kraatz W9HPX is
a silent key. He was a wonderful person who always seemed to have a smile.
He was a prime mover in the Charlotte Digital Radio Group and supported all
of our area radio clubs with presentations and digital radio assistance. He
loved educating people about digital voice radios and helping more hams
become active in the digital modes. Arrangements have not been announced.
Roland will be greatly missed, as a friend, a fine amateur radio operator,
and as a technical advisor to many. Join in as we honor Roland's memory,
pray for his family, especially his wife Gloria
This may temporarily impact some things such as dontations and operation of
the Carolina Link, but plans are underway to make these impacts as short as
possible. Please be patient as we mourn and try to sort out the pieces
necessary to keep things running.
Ray (KI4UDZ) Webmaster
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Who
We are a group of amateur radio (ham radio) enthusiasts who encourage the
development and popularization of VHF and UHF digital voice modes in the
Charlotte metropolitan area. No membership application required! Join us on
one of our repeaters, via a hotspot or dongle, by joining our Charlotte Digital
Radio Group (CharlotteDigitalRadio)
or coming to our monthly dinner meetings.
What
We
operate multiple D-STAR repeaters, three DMR repeaters, two System Fusion repeaters with Wires-X one NexEdge
repeater, as well as a new MMDVM Multi-Mode repeater which operates D-Star, DMR
(Brandmeister), Fusion, and P25. We also operate an FM analog repeater
(220 band) and a GMRS repeater. Internet connections at
each of our sites allows us to inter-link repeaters to provide wider geographic
coverage.
Our repeaters are open. We don't restrict use to "members" only. We encourage
all licensed hams to use our machines. This is our gift to the ham community.
We also try to educate and inform hams about the various digital voice modes.
This web site, our
CharlotteDigitalRadioGroup, and on the air help are all parts of
that effort. We welcome newcomers to join us, get to know us and become
involved in this great endeavor. We think digital voice modes are fun.
Cost
Our repeaters are open and we want you to use them, but they are not free. It
costs money, lots of money, to keep multiple repeaters at multiple sites on the
air. We built and support these systems through equipment donations, volunteer
labor and financial contributions from a large number of ham radio operators. A
repeater installation can cost several thousand dollars. We try to carefully
manage our expenditures, but when equipment breaks it must be repaired or
replaced, sometimes at significant cost. For example, a failed antenna could
cost several thousand dollars to replace if we must hire a tower climber. Our
sites all have internet service and one site is rented. Just those ongoing bills
exceed $2,000 annually. If you like using our repeaters please consider making
an annual donation. We suggest $50 per year, but any amount you can donate will
be greatly appreciated. Use the Donate button below. Whatever you can
give, we THANK YOU!
PayPal
temporarily unavailable
If you wish to make a donation while we work this out, please
contact Bill,
W4YX
When
Jump on our repeaters anytime. In
order to stimulate interest, we currently link our repeaters to the following
nets:
A note about
linking and unlinking the repeaters to reflectors (examples for are D-Star, but
applies to others as well):
- Feel
free to unlink the repeater as needed (not during an active net or other
conversation)
- Identify
yourself (verbally) and state your intent
- Unlink
the repeater (send the letter 'U" in the the 8th position of the call sign
field)
- Link the
repeater to the desired reflector (send REF054CL in the call sign field, for
example)
- Conduct
your business on the newly linked reflector
MOST IMPORTANT:
When you are finished, please unlink the repeater. If it was
previously linked, please restore the previous link
Remember -
you are not the only person using the repeater, so leave things like they
were and ID yourself as you begin and end.
Note: Net Times in local time unless noted
DMR Repeaters (All Color Code 1):
443.5875 (+5 MHz) W4ZO (NC PRN) Charlotte
Slot 1: Local (TG 27500), Echotest
(TG 9998), Chat 1 Network (TG 27501), Chat 2 Network (TG 27502)
Slot 2: PRN Network (TG 2)
444.3875 (+5 MHz) W4ZO (NC PRN) Wingate
Slot 1: Local (TG 27500), Echotest
(TG 9998), Chat 1 Network (TG 27501), Chat 2 Network (TG 27502)
Slot 2: PRN Network (TG 2)
443.9125 (+ 5MHz) KA4YMZ (NC PRN) Charlotte-Gastonia
Slot 1: Local (TG 27500), Echotest
(TG 9998), Chat 1 Network (TG 27501), Chat 2 Network (TG 27502)
Slot 2: PRN Network (TG 2)
440.5625 (+5 MHz) K4DVA (NC
PRN)
Albemarle
Slot 1: Local (TG 27500), Echotest
(TG 9998), Chat 1 Network (TG 27501), Chat 2 Network (TG 27502)
Slot 2: PRN Network (TG 2)
(Note: All 4 PRN repeaters are linked on
local as Charlotte Local)
927.0125 (-25 MHz) KA4YMY (BrandMeister) Charlotte-Gastonia
Slot 1: Available for on-demand linking incl. echotest
Slot 2:
Available for on-demand linking incl. echotest
Fusion
Repeaters:
443.4375 (+5 MHz) KK4JDH (Crowders Mountain - Fusion Digital Only with
Wires-X)
connected to Carolina Link Room, #43008, YSF:
Carolina Link
443.100 (+5 MHz) KI4WXS (Hood Road - Fusion Digital Only with Wires-X)
connected to Carolina Link Room, #43008, YSF:
Carolina Link
443.525 (+5 MHz) K4DVA)
Albemarle
(Morrow Mountain)
mixed mode 77 Hz tone with Fusion Digital Wires-X
connected to Carolina Link Room, #43008, YSF: Carolina Link,
Nets:
NWis Fusion Technical Net, Monday Night 7:30 PM
Central 0030 UTC
WiRES-X: MNWis #21,493 YSF: “US MNWis 21493”, #37,624
Nexedge
Repeater:
444.700 +5 MHz NXDN KA4YMY (Spencer Mountain)
RAN1 TG9000 -
NXCore available
MMDVM Repeaters:
443.9875 (+5 MHz) NC1L)
(Spencer Mountain)
Supporting Dstar
(NC1L-B), Fusion (YSFRelefector)
NXDN, & P25
(P25-Reflector)
440.025 (+5 MHz) KI4WXS)
(Hood Road)
Supporting Dstar
(KI4WXS-B), Fusion (YSFRelefector)
NXDN, & P25
(P25-Reflector)
144.920 MHz (+2.5 MHz) K4DVA C (Albemarle)
Supporting Dstar
(K4DVA-C), Fusion (YSFRelefector)
NXDN, & P25
(P25-Reflector)
D-Star Repeaters:
1292.00 (-20MHz) KA4YMZ A (Charlotte-Gastonia
- Wide Coverage)
145.140 MHz (-600 kHz) KI4WXS C (Charlotte Hood Road) -
Connected to REF054C
Tuesday 21:00 North Carolina & Friends D-Star Net
Saturday 19:30 REF054C Coastal Carolina Net
443.8625 MHz (+5 MHz) KK4JDH B (Crowders Mountain) - connected to
REF054C
Tuesday 21:00 REF054 C North Carolina & Friends D-Star Net
Saturday 19:30 REF054C
Saturday Night Carolina Net
444.8625 MHz (+5
MHz) W4FAN B (Wingate) - connected to REF054C
Tuesday 21:00 REF054 C North Carolina & Friends D-Star Net
Saturday 19:30 REF054C
Saturday Night Carolina Net
440.6875 MHz (+5 MHz) K4DVA B (Albemarle)
Other D-Star
Nets of Interest (you may manually link the repeater, or use your hotspot)
Sunday 20:00 XRF038 A for the Ohio Net
Monday 22:00 REF038 C Raspberry Pi Net
Tuesday 23:00 REF012 A Papa Sys Tech Net
Thursday 22:00 XRF002 A Papa System D-Star Round Table
Friday 21:00 XRF021-B Canada Net
FM Analog
224.02 (-1.6 MHz) KA4YMZ PL 82.5 (encode only)
(Charlotte)
GMRS
462.575 (+5 MHz, CONTACT Dave KC4SGT for access) (Crowders Mountain)
APRS
Digipeaters (144.390
MHZ)
KI4WXS-5 (Charlotte)
K4OGB-9 (Albemarle)
K4DVA-9 (Morrow Mountain)
Where
We have a
monthly dinner meeting at 6:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month
:
New location for January 2023!
Details coming soon.
Contact Information
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
info@charlottedstar.org
Webmaster:
webmaster@charlottedstar.org
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