Upper Hutt Amateur Radio Club

D-Star is a digital radio protocol for carrying voice and data. These links have been placed here to assist those coming to grips with D-Star. Other useful links are provided as well so you may want to bookmark this page.

D-Star Terminal Mode/Access Point Mode using RS-MS3W and RS-MS3A Apps V1.3 (updated 31 October 2024)

ICOM D-Star Gateway Function document for Terminal Mode and Access Point Mode. (updated July 2024)

D-Star Newsletter 2024

D-Star Newsletter archives 2023–2021

ZL2VH Gateway Status and Registration

Hotspot and gateway info

(Link) Opentools by Robin AA4RC: DV Dongle, DVAP and DPLUS software

Hotspot or Gateway upgrade using ircDDBGateway 20200621-DEBUG and DStarRepeater 20180911-DEBUG: Part 1, Part 2

D-Star ONE Sparrow DV Beacon message 2021

Using BlueDV software for Windows

D-STAR ONE (iSat) & (Sparrow) Digital Voice (DV) Beacon Tracking - ICOM ID-5100

D-Star ONE (Sparrow) Beacon Data Telemetry decoding

D-Star ONE iSAT DV Message received with ID-5100

D-Star ONE iSAT DV Beacon message

VHF Repeaters Block Diagram

860 Repeater Block Diagram

Guide to setting up a DV repeater

Hardware & Software for D-Star

Linking Climie 5425 Module C and 860 Module B

ICOM ID-880H External GPS Antenna: How to

ICOM HM-133 Microphone Mods

D-Star for Dummies (Reference Edition)

D-Star Reflectors + Statuses (DPLUS Dashboards)

D-Star Calculator (Call sign routing or call signs to put in the RPT1 and RPT2 fields)

uFind page: useful for looking up stuff—APRS and the like