Callsign routing, reflectors and the four callsign fields.
All the digital voice and internet-linking systems, and which to start with.
D-STAR was developed specifically for amateur radio rather than adapted from commercial use, and carries a low-rate data channel alongside voice.
Callsign routing is its distinctive feature: you can address a station by callsign and the network works out where to deliver it.
At a Glance
- Category
- Digital voice
- On the air since
- 2001
- Bandwidth
- 6.25 kHz
- What you need
- A D-STAR capable radio, predominantly Icom
- Where to listen
- D-STAR repeaters and reflectors