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Friendcom FC301D Band Control - ID5100 not decoding D-Star

I came a across an interesting issue this week:

The installation:

Friendcom FC301D UHF transceiver connected via GMSK modem (Moencomm Starboard) to my Raspberry Pi hotspot running G4KLX software.

The Problem:

I have been using my Icom ID51A to work the hotspot for the last couple of weeks an...

ID 5100 vehicle installation

Update June 2015: This article documents my previous installation - here is an article on my current vehicle installation.

The Icom ID-5100 is a great radio with lots of modern features and a large display. Having used it in the shack for a couple of month the time has come to deploy it in my ve...