D-STAR
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Technical details
- Gateway server
- How Gateway G2 works
- Differences between Gateway V1 and G2
- Gateway V1 control software
- IrcDDBGateway
- DStarGateway
- Add-on software
- Criticisms
- Proprietary codec
- Trademarked name
- Usable range compared to FM
- Emergency communications concerns
- Cost
- Legality
- Non-Icom D-STAR repeaters
- Compatible programs and projects
- Home-brew D-STAR radio
- Equipment
- See also
- References
- Journal
- External links
upright|thumb|ICOM IC-91AD handheld transceiver with the D-STAR UT-121 digital voice board installed
D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) is a digital voice and data protocol specification for amateur radio. The system was developed in the late 1990s by the Japan Amateur Radio League and uses minimum-shift keying in its packet-based standard. There are other digital modes that have been adapted for use by amateurs, but D-STAR was the first that was designed specifically for amateur radio.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “D-STAR” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.