1. 1 FREE STAR* Greg Speakman (VA3OMO)

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

3. 3 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.

4. 4 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

5. 5 FREE STAR* Components Continued …/ GMSK rptr – Communicates with Satoshi GMSK Node Adaptor ircDDB – Facilitates callsign and zone routing

6. 6 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

7. 7 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

8. 8 Where to get more info on FREE STAR*? Visit Ramesh (VA3UV) WEB page: http://www.va3uv.com/freestar.htm

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