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From: "Robin Retzloff - AF1RE" <robinr...@gmail.com>
To: "Polk ARES" <Polk...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [PolkARES:26] D-Star Academy Info
Date: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 23:11




Press Release  7/1/2011



D-Star Academy


July 30, 2011


Mt. Dora, Florida

The Central Florida D-Star Group is sponsoring a D-Star Academy at
Lake Receptions in Mount Dora, Florida on July 30, 2011. This location
was selected because it is centrally located, is close to major
airports in Orlando, and is close to interstate and toll roads. There
are many hotels , motels and restaurants in the area.

There are three separate areas of instruction and demonstration
planned for this event:

1. The D-Starter session is for the newer D-Star users and will focus
on the

Basics of programming the radios, Dongles / DVAPS, and D-Rats.

2. The ID1 demonstration session is for county emergency management,

EOC, Red Cross, hospital communications, and other non-governmental
officials. There will be an extensive network of ID1 high speed data/
voice

Radios in place to demonstrate the effectiveness of this equipment
during emergency situations.

3. The SysOp session is for the more advanced D-Star users to meet
with

Other users and have a question and answer session with the presenters

As well as ICOM company officials that will be at the event. This
group will also have the afternoon to work with the ID1 radios and
networks that will be in place.

.

Some of the presenters who will be at the Academy are Ray Novak, N9JA
of ICOM, Robin Cutshaw, AA4RC ( who will go over what’s new with
Dongles and DVAPS ), John Davis, WB4ZDD and ED Woodrick, WA4YIH from
Georgia D-Star ( www.dstarinfo.com ), Bob Jones, N6USP from North
Brevard ARC, Paul Eakin, KJ4G, Donna Barker, WQ4M, Mike Lee,

WB6RTH ( with his communications van ), and more.


There will be several communications vehicles set up in the parking
lot that will be part of the ID1 demonstrations you can go through.
Ray Novak is bringing his “ refrigerator” with all the ICOM D-Star
equipment and we are planning to have portable repeater setups as well
as go-kits available for you to examine.

A more detailed explanation of the D-Star Academy and what is planned
is on line at www.cfldsg.com . Cost for the event is $ 35.00 which
includes lunch at the hall and refreshments all day. We will accept
checks or cash at the door the day of the event but the price at that
time will be $ 45.00 and no lunch or refreshments will be provided

Ray Novak, National Amateur Marketing Manager for ICOM America is
providing an IC-80 AD and the HM-168 GPS speaker microphone for our
GRAND PRIZE.

To register , go to the Academy Registration :

( www.cfldsg.org/Registration.htm )

There are Two ways to register:

1. Mail a check to the address listed along with a registration form

Which you can print out.

2. Pay Pal or Credit Card using the on line registration form.


Space is limited for this D-Star Academy so please register ASAP.
Registration is on a first come first serve basis.

Maps, hotel information and schedules are on our web site.

www.cfldsg.org

Another way to get more specific information is to Google “ central
Florida dstar group”. ( must be done just this way to get our site as
first choice.)





Ted Luebbers K1AYZ

Central Florida D-Star Group Secretary

352 552 8215 cell

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