MB6CA, is the home for information about Cumbria's D-Star activity. We also hope it will become a collection of information relevant to the UK D-Star Network. If you would like information added to the site, or you would like to see information that is not shown please drop us a line through the below email address or our Contact Us page and we will try to add this information.

 

 

 May 2011 - In order to assist new DStar users in the Cumbria / Scottish Borders area register their call-signs with the DStar network, Martin MM0DUN who is the keeper of Dundee's DStar repeater GB7DD, has kindly offered to process applications via his website - please click here for more detail.  Thank you Martin.

 

December 2010 - This month we welcomed a further new Cumbrian DStar user who linked into MB6CA for the first time.  I'm pleased to report that Lindsey, M6LCK, now has his new Icom E92D hand-held fully programmed and ready for DStar action.   Within minutes of the rig being programed Lindsey managed a QSO with a station in Weston-Super-Mare.  Commenting with his first impressions of DStar he said that he was really taken a back with the audio quality; although like most of us, he does think it'll take a little while to fully appreciate his new rig's full potential as DStar protocol can be a little confusing at first. 

 

It's great news that Carlisle now has another DStar enthusiast- welcome on board Lindsey !

 

 

December 2010 - A new Downloads page has been added to the site.  It is planned to include Icom Radio programming files.

 

September 2010   The node software has been updated to allow DV Dongle users (or other Hot-Spots) to link directly to MB6CA. 

To enable this change the radio (RF) log in callsign has been changed from MB6CA-N to MB6CA-C.  Please ensure that you make that change within your callsign settings on your rig as failure to do so will stop you from linking to the node.

 

DV Dongle users will need to make changes within Windows which will then allow them to link via Dongle.  Click here for full instructions on how to make these changes.

 

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MB6CA - The Carlisle 2mtr simplex GMSK node (Hotspot, D-Star access point, whatever you want to call it) is now on air on 144.8375Mhz. It seems to be performing well at the moment, and is running firmware developed by Dutch*Star and uses DVAR Software to link through the internet.

It is hoped that in due course we will establish a "Fully featured" DStar Repeater for north Cumbria but in the meantime we do hope you enjoy the use of our simplex Node.

 

 

In August 2010 the site was enhanced to include weather data from MB6CA's location.  The weather page is updated every few minutes via a Davis Weather Station.  To ensure that you view the latest weather information please refresh the page.  Do also please let us know of any errors you might find on this new, weather page - Thanks

 

 

We appreciate you stopping by. In the coming months, we plan to update this Website further.  In the meantime, please feel free to contact us with any suggestions for site content or to provide coverage reports.