New D-STAR Repeater Online

The Islanders Amateur Radio Group at Hilton Head Island installed a new D-STAR repeater on the Island this week. Congratulations to Eddie King, N4HEK, the repeater trustee and the team in Hilton Head/Bluffton. Also, a special thanks to Rick, N1RCW, for his Allstar expertise. The D-STAR repeater is connected to our URF517A Reflector giving us wider D-STAR RF coverage and more fun! The fulltime Allstar node is now 50076 and for Echolink N4HEK-R. A connection to the Bluffton 440 machine will be made for Nets. ...

August 5, 2026 · 1 min

Reflector Upgrade

The URF517 Reflector has been upgraded with a change to the functionality of YSF developed by Tom Early, N7TAE. This change allows the operator to switch between channels/modules using DG-ID. Reflectors can be enabled with up to 26 channels, A through Z. For YSF, each channel is assigned a DG-ID beginning with “10” for channel “A,” “11” for channel “B,” “12” for “C” and so forth. URF517 currently has eight channels enabled, A thru E and X thru Z. ...

June 8, 2026 · 1 min
D-STAR Repeater

Connecting to RadioSC

There are multiple ways to connect to the RadioSC system including D-STAR and FM Repeaters, Echolink, Allstar, and many of the Amateur Radio digital modes including Yaesu System Fusion, D-STAR, DMR, M17, P25, and NXDN via hotspots and other Internet-based means. Read the Quadnet page and join us on our Discord Server to learn more. Connect via Repeaters KR4CHS, Awendaw, SC D-STAR 145.120 (-) W4IAR, Hilton Head Island, SC D-STAR 147.375(+) W4IAR, Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Analog Repeater 442.675 (+), 100 Hz (linked for Nets) W4GL, Sumter, SC 444.150+ PL123.0 D-Star/FM, (linked for Nets) Connect with digital modes: D-STAR DCS517A or XRF517A M17 URF517A DMR XLX517A (64001) or Quadnet TG 517 or TGIF TG 517 YSF31001 - US - C4FM - QUADNT - YCS310, DG-ID TX 81, DG-ID RX 00 or FCS31081 - nn or YSF51700 (DG-ID TX 10, DG-ID RX 00) or YSF000517 (DG-ID TX 10, DG-ID RX 00) P25 TG 517 NXDN TG 517 Connect with Allstar and Echolink Allstar 50076 Echolink N4HEK-R Available Channels on the URF517 Reflector for Direct Connection Module A is the transcoding channel (also known as a module). Channel A has two hardware transcoders, one for transmit and one for receive. ...

May 14, 2026 · 2 min