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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Where are getting your statistics from? From all of my sources, the numbers that you quote are very wrong.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">From the ircDDB site, the number of systems running ircDDB and G2 are similar, but this really isn’t a fair comparison since many G2 systems also have ircDDB
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Even the number of ircDDB only systems vs G2 only are very similar. But remember that MANY ircDDB systems are low coverage hot spots and are not real repeater
located at repeater sites, whereas all of the G2 systems are repeaters and most are running at high sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So I safely say the G2 IS STILL THE PRIMARY REPEATER software! And only about half of the G2 repeaters run ircDDB.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Also, Icom repeaters outnumber non-Icom repeaters 2 to 1. And only about half the Icom systems run ircDDB.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please keep your facts straight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ed WA4YIH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Naylor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Josh Housey; Discussion of D-RATS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [drats_users] D-StarQuery D-RATS Plugin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">That all supposes that you're using the legacy Icom G2 software and associated add-ons. The world has moved on and the newer ircDDB systems don't use DSM
and have no need to. I think you'll find that the ircDDB systems outnumber the G2 systems and that the G2 system is now relegated to history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Note that the newer ircDDB systems have built-in support for D-RATS and also include other clever bits to allow for status messages and such like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Using the slow data area with any sort of FEC is asking for trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jonathan G4KLX author of the ircDDB Gateway software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Josh Housey <<a href="mailto:kg9bo@yahoo.com">kg9bo@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 23 January 2013, 3:10<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [drats_users] D-StarQuery D-RATS Plugin</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">There is a function within all Icom D-STAR repeaters that utilizes low-speed data called "D-StarQuery". You can find it as a part of the "D-Star Monitor (DSM)" and its located on /opt/dstarmon directory. Essentially,
it is where you can send some commands (queries) using low speed data and access information from a repeater. I found the following website that describes it also briefly and shows how it operates. That website is the following:
<a href="http://ladstar.org/ls.htm">http://ladstar.org/ls.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I ran across the following e-mail at
<a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/drats_users/2010-January/002775.html">
http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/drats_users/2010-January/002775.html</a> and decided to attempt adding this on to D-RATS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><<</span><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Hi OMs, Happy New Year to all.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I've written a little "contrib" for D-RATS, a plugin who allow you to <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">perform a DStarQuery server for D-RATS networks!!!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The small server listen on 9100 port and every prefixed by ?* chat <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">message is analized to match with commands in the .ini file. You can <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">define commands as you need. See the examples.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Python source code and infos are in <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.d-rats.com/download/contrib/d-rats_query.tar.gz." target="_blank">http://www.d-rats.com/download/contrib/d-rats_query.tar.gz.</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I've tested it on a linux box only, windows users please report errors <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">or defects.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Comments, requests and suggests are welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">If you modify the source, please give a feedback to me.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">73s de Leo, IZ5FSA</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I 've downloaded the software and it is now running right now on the KC9SJY D-RATS station. It doesn't require a D-STAR repeater (ratflector) to run.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">You simply run the command, as:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">python d-rats_query 127.0.0.1 9100 <D-RATS port> (Not sure what the use for 9100 is and whether multiple D-RATS ports can be used)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Use of D-RATS ratflector is not required but can be utilized with this.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Let<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> me know by e-mail if you would like to try it on the system here, otherwise, bring up D-RATS and watch for the QST for the information. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I haven't had any time in setting anything up, so, if you access anything by using this, it will be Italian.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Any questions about this, please feel free to ask.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">73<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Josh, AB9FT<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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