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<DIV>W5SFA Members,</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally! Success!</DIV>
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<DIV>The D-Star repeater is installed and WORKING... Wow what a feat. Turns out
a RJ-45 cable connecting the controller to the repeater was bad. Replaced with
one from ICOM and all is well.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dennis has tried it with a handheld and a mobile. Looses there RX about
halfway to Round Top but could hear the TX in R.T. I will look into that
problem. I have connected with my ThumbDV and had good communications from FL to
NJ.</DIV>
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<DIV>So if you want to get on the world for a cheap price the ThumbDV is the way
to go. No radio needed. You can get a discount when you buy more than one. From
North West Digital Radio. <A
title=http://nwdigitalradio.com/thumbdv-and-dv3000-resource-page/
href="http://nwdigitalradio.com/thumbdv-and-dv3000-resource-page/">http://nwdigitalradio.com/thumbdv-and-dv3000-resource-page/</A>
The software is free but they would like a donation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good Luck,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dan W5AOV</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>