Please Observe Proper D-Star Etiquette. When operating on the repeater please announce yourself with “this is listening on ,KK4PKR, over”. This informs other linked stations that you are not on their local system and the use of “over” indicates you are through transmitting and awaiting a reply. Remember D-Star repeaters and most D-Star radios do not use courtesy tones when a microphone is un-keyed. When using a gateway enabled repeater conversations are broadcast over all repeaters linked via a reflector. Remember to pause between transmissions and wait at least five seconds after the station you are speaking with un-keys before transmitting to allow another station to break into the conversation. Pausing between transmissions also provides repeater administrators and stations an opportunity to unlink their local repeaters via RF. When using a D-Star radio equipped with GPS, on a gateway enabled repeater, ensure that your radio is not set to automatically broadcast your GPS coordinates. If it is set to automatic the radio will transmit location information while others are speaking and interfere with their transmissions. Set your radio to broadcast GPS coordinates only when you key the PTT to transit audio.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:47:21 +0000
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