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NC2EC DStar is FINALLY on the Gateway!

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Apr 162013
 

All,
Dust off your D-Star radios because……
…The NC2EC DStar Gateway in Nassau County is now…..on the Gateway!

For any interested in setting up on our gateway, we now have a Yahoo group setup
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nc2ec to help you setup your radio

Our two frequencies and use are:
2m: 146.670 – Open for Public Linking, local use, and testing
70cm: 448.575 – Linked to REF020A

The repeater is located in Westbury, NY.

Establishing the gateway connection has been a long time coming. We moved to
our new “home” in December of 2011, and we finally have the repeater on the
gateway.

Hopefully, we don’t fall back off 😉

73
Phil / w2lie

September 9 2012

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Sep 092012
 

On September 8th, we removed the Gateway Controller from the repeater site to start troubleshooting a sync issue.

Since the firewall ports were opened last month, we were able to access the Gateway from the outside world and link the system to the rest of the gateway network.  The only exception is that we couldn’t sync to the Trust Server.  Without that sync, the gateway isn’t fully operational.

To start troubleshooting, we were asked to move the Gateway to another ISP.   We’ve decided to move the gateway back to my location since it worked here when it was being built.

If this gateway works here, we will build a VLAN from the repeater location to my QTH and restore D-Star service

If the gateway does not work, we will need to build the Gateway computer from the ground up which will take a little longer than setting the VLAN.

Either way, we will get NC2EC back on the Gateway.

For now, the 440 repeater is still online, and you can use it locally just as it worked before the Gateway was in partial service.   It will not “Echo”, show “Info” or Link to any other reflector until the Gateway PC is returned to service at the site.

Please watch nc2ec.org for more info on the repeater progress

73
Phil / w2lie
NC2EC GW Admin

Updates for NC2EC – April 21, 2012

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Apr 212012
 

The NC2EC D*Star Repeater System is located in a facility where we need to rely on others to help us get the site up and running 100%.  As of now, this has been a small army of volunteers who have worked very hard to get the site to where it is now.  Each person brought their expertise to the system to get it setup, installed, and brought ‘on-line’.   Our antenna system is over 100′ and in central Nassau County.  The antenna install process alone took several YEARS to accomplish.

We’ve been in our new home and on the tower since December 2011.  Amps and Pre-Amps are installed, but not yet turned on.   The 2m repeater is also installed, but not yet cabled into the antenna system or defined in the Gateway Controller or on the GW Network.

After our VLAN configuration failed, we’ve implemented a new path to our internet gateway.  The router we are plugged into is fire walled.  Since we are fire walled, we are not syncing with the DStar network, we are not at the latest versions of DPlus or Monlink, and there is no way to register on our system.  Once the internet admin for the facility we are in routes our ports, we’ll be in full business and our doors will be open for all to link.   After we are sure the Gateway is working properly, we’ll power up the Amps and Pre-amps and again ask for coverage reports.

All are welcome to use the 440 Repeater and submit coverage reports to myself (w2lie@w2lie.net) and I will forward them to the volunteer staff. We ask that users refrain from linking the gateway at this time because we’re not yet open on the firewall.   Outbound ports that may be open one minute, may be shut down the next.   I am worried that this condition would pass local RF traffic out to a Reflector without anyone knowing there is traffic on the reflector.  This will result in you jamming the reflector.    For the benefit of all using DSTAR (both locally and remotely), we ask that linking only be done to test your radio’s settings, and then please close the link off once you know it works.   Once we are setup in the firewall, we will allow linking to all.

There is no Yahoo group setup at this moment for our DStar repeater.  If you request any info, please reach out to myself or look at our website: www.nc2ec.org     You can also monitor a Nassau County ARES net (443.525 Mondays 2000hrs) or a Nassau RACES net (147.135 Wed 2000hrs) for updates on the Dstar system.

On Behalf of the entire team working on NC2EC, I thank you for your patients and understanding that ALL DStar repeaters are put together by volunteers.  Amateur Repeaters are built and maintained for the hobby, not for the paycheck 😉

73
Phil / w2lie
NC2EC GW Admin

Calculator

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Nov 132011
 

In order to fully understand how to setup your radio to use the Gateway properly, you should use the D*Star Calculator located here:  http://www.dstarinfo.com/Calculator/DSTAR Web Calculator.aspx

 

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