Ccs, commands, dplus, dstar, dcs, link, 1 attachments sticky thread go to first new post. Check the files section for the latest instruction manual and other useful information. The washington digital radio enthusiasts maintains a drats reflector, also known as, a ratflector. Windowsdchat is a windows based keyboard to keyboard communication application that uses the dstar dv data capability. Sure you know what d star is, but did you know there are other methods of digital data besides talking over a reflector with your gps coordinates. Does the kenwood thd74 support access point and terminal mode for d star like the icom id51 plus2. About d rats the resource is currently listed in in 2 categories. The goal of this document is to give the reader just enough information to get started operating a d star capable icom radio on a local internetconnected d star repeater. Dstar drats marion county emergency operations center. Dmr and d star technical information maintained by robert meister wa1mik if anyone has newer or more current information, please pass it along to the page maintainer. The openg2 gateway software that has been submitted for approval by us k5tit trust.
Getting started with drats and installation software. Basic, noninternet dependent software helps in emergency communications. Feb 01, 2017 ab4mm walks you through how to link and unlink repeaters to reflectors on the icom id880h, as well as showing how to configure your radio settings to use d rats over rf 03. You do not need a d star radio to learn how to use d rats.
D star digital smart technologies for amateur radio is a digital voice and data protocol specification for amateur radio. Help for drats communications tool for amateur radio users. While i was able to use the icom software to program the radio right away, the nifty guide helped me to easily understand how to properly program the radio. D star is a realtime image capture and thermal analysis software for the sofradir ec ire line of high performance infrared cameras. The d star is nice, but complex in setting up your local repeater. Winlink express formerly rms express is the preferred winlink radio email client because it supports all new system features, and it is the only client supporting the winlink hybrid network for email delivery with or without the internet. Information and discussion about using d rats software with d star radios, tncs and networks. Dstar radio programming software icom radio software. Repeater sites are predominantly connected over the internet and form a wide area amateur radio network as a result that can span states, countries, continents or the entire world. Feb 08, 2008 i recently installed drats on my shack computer for use with my dstar ready ic2200h. Drats is a communications tool that allows stations to communicate via d star radios using low speed data. Contribute to maurizioandreotti d rats development by creating an account on github. It is possible for a radio somewhere in the coverage area to provide internet access by running drats to provide email service. This appears to be a nice piece of software that allows keyboard to keyboard chatting as well as file transfer.
It works both for programming the radio with the rt systems software and as a cable for digital data using other programs such as d rats. Development of drats is done in my spare time and is offered as opensource. When you do get that dstar radio or your eoc implements it you will already be familiar with the functionality and operation. A go box for the dvap with raspberry pi for dstar ab4bj. Posted on august 29, 2016 posted in ham radio software 3 comments. Drats is a program that allows dstar users to more fully utilize the data portion of a dstar transmission. Today i was looking at the id5100a, and it mentioned that with the optional bluetooth adapter, it can be paired with android using the the rsms1a software.
If you like drats, please consider contributing a small donation to help support the costs of development and hardware. Getting started with drats a quick start guide dstar info. Listed under the software d star category that is about d star software. Aug 29, 2016 posted on august 29, 2016 posted in ham radio software 3 comments ive been asked by some friends about latest windows drats program, since main web site, looks like is offline or not responding. Resources listed under dstar category belongs to software main collection, and get. I would suggest this radio to my friends only if they want 222 mhz, aprs, d star, and a true dual band receiver. Though the supplied one will last especially on low power settings. The usbrts05 cable programs the id880 through the 2.
Dstar programs category is a curation of 12 web resources on, peanut ham radio digital voice client, dstar tv, nj6ns dstar chat. Challenges to fusions adoption like d star, there is only one vendor supplying c4fm fusion radios today yaesu unless others start making compatible and competitive radios, the technology can only go so far unclear if a similar homebrew community similar to what d star will happen like satoshi. Drats also provides for transferring of files and forwarding of messages from one user to another, automatically. The nice feature is that it is written in python and uses a. We are an open ircddb routing network that doesnt require registration. Firstly, we installed the relevant cabling and software in the yrarc trailer, which already had a pc and a d star radio icom id880h. This project is a proposed enhancement to tocs to allow the user to import 8760 hour load and weather data from a library of typical commercial load types and regional locations, desired transformer life, and let the program calculate the required kva size and transformer design needed.
Drats supports text chatting, filetransfer, gps reporting and mapping well, here you can download the latest version of drats. Ive gotten d rats to run on windows and raspbian but i want to get it to run on my macbook running macos catalina. Go to first new post icom id51a plus2 software being installed. Is there anyone planning on remaking or updating the d rats software. Drats is a small multi platform application designed to provide digital data communication using the dstar protocol. This fellow n3fjp is the one who wrote the logging software that w5ac uses for contesting. It will be displayed in other parts of the program. Drats a multiplatform software tool for dstar va3stls weblog.
Once you try it, drats will become the most used tool in your emcomm. D star digital smart technologies for amateur radio is a radio system which offers digital voice and data communication. I learned a lot listening to this net and im going to miss the discussions. There are other digital modes that have been adapted for use by amateurs, but d star was the first that. If you have a icom id5100 radio you can import the csv file from the memory card. It supports text chatting, file transfers, position. Special thanks to don arnold w6gps for taking the time to share with us his experience with the brand new kenwood thd74 d star radio. Compatible with d star, the amateur radio communications network that has voice mode and data mode.
Drats is a program that allows dstar users to more fully utilize the data. The 64 bit version is 30k big while the 32 bit version is 29k. Simple point and click programs channels without having to count spaces for extensions. Development of drats is done in my spare time and is offered as opensource software, free of charge. Initially developed for the washington county aresraces group in oregon, drats quickly evolved into a full blown multiplatform emcomm software suite for data communications using dstar radios. Remember, that when you enter in a reflector, you should. Dstarinfo has implemented a consolidated naming structure for d rats reflectors to make it easier to enter and remember reflectors. Distribution systems testing, application and research. Apparently some got pdfs emailed to them by kenwood after dayton. Software brazos county amateur radio emergency services ares. The system was developed in the late 1990s by the japan amateur radio league and uses minimumshift keying in its packetbased standard.
The d star stands for digital smart technologies for amateur radio. More details about the d star calculator and suggestions for your d star file are included in this document. It supports text chatting, file transfers, position reporting and mapping, and much more. Ab4mm walks you through how to link and unlink repeaters to reflectors on the icom id880h, as well as showing how to configure your radio settings to use d. Distribution systems testing application and research. Drats drats is a small application designed to provide data. It is a great addition to your ham shack or togo kit. Euchre 3d has been in development for years by a dedicated team and has seen countless new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Drats is a communications tool that allows stations to communicate via dstar radios using low speed data dv data mode, packet radio and the internet. The nice feature is that it is written in python and uses a couple of libraries so that it can. You do not need a dstar radio to learn how to use drats. The internet gateway sends your call to a remote dstar repeater over the internet. The dstar repeater call sign and ip address must be registered to the gateway server. We have a passion for card games and we love making great apps.
D star xrf reflectors a whole new dstar experience k6uda radio duration. One of the best guides to providing an overview of d star, how to program radios, using the repeaters, linking to reflectors, using the dv dongle, overview of thirdparty software programs to use with d star such as d rats rats is star spelled backwards and d chat, and how the d prs capability of d star integrates into the aprs network, can. Heres an awesome getting started with d rats by john, wb4qdx one of our webmasters. Drats supports text chatting, filetransfer, gps reporting and mapping well, here you can download the latest version of drats for ms windows v 0. Its the combination of everything this radio does is what makes it unique and justifies the price to me. We contend that valid amateur radio license is enough to operate on the quadnet2 usa irc network. It is an open standard digital communication protocol established by jarl.
Debaian jessie image now has dv4mini software installed and is working with dvmega and dv4mini setups we cannot predict the direction future changes may take, all we can do is chase them when they come. D star programs category is a curation of 12 web resources on, peanut ham radio digital voice client, dstar tv, nj6ns d star chat. I recently installed d rats on my shack computer for use with my dstar ready ic2200h. Dstar secondary electrical design software seds enables design of operationally efficient secondary distribution systems. It also works for some other icom d star radios handhelds and mobiles for programming and data. As soon as i ordered the radio, i decided to purchase a copy of the nifty ez guide to dstar operation. This link is listed in our web site directory since sunday feb 24 2008, and till today d rats has been followed for a total of 6788 times. Drats a multiplatform software tool for dstar va3stls. Once you try it, drats will become the most used tool in your emcomm tool box. Configuring the drats software for the use with the wa7dre ratflector and. In 2015, flexradio systems added dstar support to their line of hf transceivers and receivers via a software. Jun 01, 20 even without a dstars system in place it has a lot of capability. In addition, he has developed a set of settings that seem to get different rigs configured properly to work with his software. Use the address host address below as the host address.
All i can find on the internet are talk groups from 20 and now that the gtk package for python is no longer available, it cant be run anymore with python3. Raspberry pi v3 image added to download page now with support for pa7lim bluedv. This video was capture from the pc, theres a little bit of echo, sorry about that. Drats is a piece of software that works on dstar, packet or directly on the internet to provide chat, file transfer including photos and forms, mapping and winlink compatible email functionality. The functionality in question being text messages and picture messages over the d star digital mode. Sure you know what dstar is, but did you know there are other methods of digital data besides talking over a reflector with. Yes, kenwood had a hardcopy version of this manual at dayton. The main category is d star software that is about d star programs. Does the kenwood thd74 support access point and terminal. The d rats download is for a 32 bit windows operating system. Ive been asked by some friends about latest windows drats program, since. A go box for the dvap with raspberry pi for dstar posted on march 18, 20 by bill the dstar dvap raspberry pi rpi combo that i wrote about in my previous post is super portable and just works when power is applied to the rpi.
The built in d star calculator gives you repeater and reflector information worldwide. Some restrictions may apply based on specific country regulations. We started in a basement in 2009 as a side project for all three founders. Euchre 3d is the premier free euchre card game for smart phones and tablets and is now available on android. Winlink express is designed to be easily used by single users with a single call sign but it may also be used to simultaneously send and receive.
D rats is a free, easy to use, multiplatform program for data communications with d star devices or through the internet. Getting started with drats a quick start guide drats is a free, easy to use, multiplatform program for data communications with dstar devices or through the internet. In each case, when i go to start the program or to save the configuration values, it crashes. The drats download is for a 32 bit windows operating system.
I was hoping that a higher capacity battery would be available by now. Dratsdstar, ratflectors, tutorial, ares emcomm youtube. John davis wb4qdx ec gwinnett county, ga dec georgia section ares georgia d star. This is known as d star repeater dr mode or duplex mode. Once your usb drivers are installed and the node adapter works well with the echo test program, you are ready to install d star hot spot. Once you try it, d rats will become the most used tool in your emcomm tool box.
This is the new d star radio from kenwood, the thd74. Uz7ho soundmodem in drats use agwpe as your port and select. D star features a highly intuitive user interface and a library of powerful tools that enable the sophisticated analysis of thermal behaviour for a wide range of objects and materials. Drats is a free, easy to use, multiplatform program for data communications with dstar devices or through the internet. The following charts can help you compare the entire d star product line based on features and specifications. Dvar hotspot for windows software before installing d star hot spot you must first install the usb drivers for the node adapter. We do not require a special club or repeater call sign for use on the network. The software can be run on windows, macos and linuxunix computers. D rats is a communications tool that allows stations to communicate via d star radios using low speed data dv data mode, packet radio and the internet. D rats also provides for transferring of files and forwarding of messages from one user to another, automatically.
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