DSTAR Field Test

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D-STAR Field Test
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• Texas Interconnect Team
• K5TIT
• Dallas, Texas
• 1293.000/1273.000 Voice
• 1253.000 Data

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Primary Participants

• Jim McClellan N5MIJ
• Bill Moore N5ZPR

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Preparing for Icom Days at Texas Towers

• December 3, 2003
• Installed
• RP-1 Repeater System
• Icom supplied filters
• Icom supplied antenna

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RP - 1
Filter Pack
RP-1 Voice Radio
RP-1 Data Radio Controller
Gateway Router
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December 5, 2003

• Approximately 27 people showed up
• Stormy night
• Mediocre results
• Repeater did not cover to Texas Towers (17 miles
  away)

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Performance Analysis Improvement

• Site Environment
• Duplexer and Filter Performance
• Antenna Performance

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Site Environment
922 ft AGL, Downtown Dallas
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Duplexers and Filters

• Multiple Iterations
• Final Configuration
• Pass/Notch Duplexers for Voice Repeater
• Window Filter for Data Transceiver

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Antennas

• Repeater
• Multiple Iterations
• Final Configuration dedicated, separate Comet GP
  21s
• Mobile
• ¼-?
• Gain
• Procomm

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Improvement Results

• Good Data throughput
• Coverage depending on terrain 25 miles

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First Quarter 2005

• Installed second generation RP-2 radios
• Installed and configured gateway
• Talked via internet with Icom America HQ in
  Washington
• Tour of area demonstrating coverage
• Talked via internet with Icom Japan

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RP - 2
Controller
Voice Radio
Data Radio
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RP-2 Block Diagram
Comet GP-21
Comet GP-21
10 MHz Window
Filter centered on 1253.0 MHz
Wacom Duplexer
TX 1293.0 MHz
RX 1273.0 MHz
RX TX 1253.0 MHz
RP-2 Voice
RP-2 Data
RP-2 Controller
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Test Summary

• New Technology New Concepts
• Capabilities, Opportunities
• Misconceptions
• Support unusually good

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Current Projects

• Rapid deployment package
• 144 and 440 MHz DSTAR to APRS links
• FUN!

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Flea Market Spaces

• 3815 3820
• We are under the Texas Flag

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By the way

• Presentation constructed during Dayton trip while
  en route
• Most graphics work done in one vehicle, content
  in the other
• D-STAR used to transfer PPT between vehicles for
  updates
• UHF channel used for coordination

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Presentation Created By

• Lisa McClellan K5LRM
• Jim McClellan N5MIJ
• Megan McClellan K5MEM
• Bill Moore N5ZPR
• Stephen Hicks N5AC
• Mike Payne N5MP

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