OVH's 70 cm DSTAR repeater on 442.5125+ MHz has been in operation for since 2010; The OVH has recently received a frequency allocation for a new 2 m DSTAR repeater and the OVH expects its new 2 m DSTAR repeater to become operational in the first part of 2012.

DSTAR users in the local OVH DSTAR repeater coverage areas are invited to register with the W4OVH DSTAR Gateway. You are not required to be an OVH member to register, although you are invited and encouraged to join the OVH. Registration will require you to click on the first link below, but please read this text carefully before doing so. For newbie DSTAR users in the OVH local area, such registration is desirable, if not essential, as an initial step for using DSTAR. Initial registration for new DSTAR users on the W4OVH DSTAR Gateway is a two step process. After you click on the first link below, you will need to create a login for yourself which is forwarded and reviewed manually by the W4OVH DSTAR Gateway Administrator, Keith / KM4AA, to be sure first that you are not already registered on another DSTAR Gateway, and second, that you hold a valid FCC ham radio license. If both check out, you will then receive an email from the Administrator, usually within a day, with additional instructions about what you need to do to complete your registration with the W4OVH DSTAR Gateway. New DSTAR users may now click on the link below to begin the registration process on the W4OVH DSTAR Gateway; other DSTAR users who have already registered may also click below to login to modify their registrations.

Click here for W4OVH's DSTAR Gateway Registration & Login Page to create a new registration or to login to modify an existing registration.

The following links contain additional information of interest to DSTAR users:

  • Powerpoint presentation by Keith / KM4AA at given at an OVH Meeting
  • http://dstarusers.org/
  • National Capital Region DSTAR Users group
  • http://www.dstarinfo.com
  • http://www.dstar.org.au/
  • ICOM DSTAR products and info
  • http://www.aprs-is.net/dprs.aspx
  • DSTAR Calculator - help for programming Icom DSTAR radios.
  • Special thanks to Keith / KM4AA who is Chairman of the OVH Repeater Committee which is responsible for all OVH Repeaters.