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YOULL NEED TO CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE MANUAL TO CONFIGURE THE IC 705.  ONCE I
HAD IT PROPERLY CONFIGURED, ACCESSING A D STAR REPEATER WAS
STRAIGHTFORWARD.  I FOUND THE AUDIO QUALITY OF D STAR TO BE QUITE GOOD.  IN
TURN, I RECEIVED GOOD AUDIO REPORTS AS WELL.  IN ADDITION TO LOCAL CHATS, I
WAS ABLE TO ENJOY SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATIONS THROUGH INTERNET
LINKED D STAR REFLECTORS.  IN ADDITION TO SWAPPING VOICE DATA DURING D STAR
TRANSMISSIONS, THE IC 705 IS CAPABLE OF SENDING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL
IMAGES VIA THE DV DATA STREAM.  THIS SEPARATE DATA CHANNEL IS ONE OF THE
COOL ASPECTS OF D STAR.  IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEND OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS
SMALL IMAGES TO ACCOMPANY YOUR VOICE CONVERSATIONS.  THE IC 705 IS EQUIPPED
WITH A SENSITIVE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS RECEIVER SEE FIGURE 6, AND
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