MoenComm is a distributor of products for Digital Amateur Radio located in Northern California, USA.  Our focus is on digital voice products compatible with D-STAR*.  Our goal is to provide superb customer service -- ordering, rapid shipping and great customer support.  We'll do our best to keep our products in stock for immediate shipment.  No more paying for a product, then waiting and waiting to receive it.

We launched MoenComm with a great new GMSK modem, the

Professionally built -- Not a kit   Designed and assembled at Matrix Circuits' state of the art SMT facility   Includes DUTCH*Star firmware   Includes printed User Manual (or download it here)   It works, and we are now shipping!   Price: $119 plus S&H   We now offer cables, both standard GMSK ($15) and a USB cable ($3) Order Now!  Click here

Matrix Circuits offers printed circuit board Design, Assembly and Test services at their location in New London, Iowa, USA.  Their Star*Board(tm) comes with a verifiable, supported license for the well-known DUTCH*Star firmware and support tools.  This board is small!  Only 15mm (H) x 67mm (W) x 51mm (L) -- .6" x 2.64" x 2.01" 

This GMSK Node Adapter can be used to create a D-Star Compatible Hotspot or even a low-cost full duplex D-Star compatible repeater.  It's fun and easy.  Let's say you have a D-Star radio, but you don't have perfect access to your closest D-Star repeater.  A Hotspot at your QTH allows your D-Star radio to access connected repeaters and/or reflectors worldwide using any analog radio that has a high speed data/packet port, this GMSK Node Adapter, a PC and an internet connection.   See Building a D-Star Compatible Hotspot for more information.

This board uses a 3' standard "GMSK cable," with a 9-pin DSub connector to the board, and a 6 pin Mini DIN connector for most ham transceivers with a 9600 Data jack.  We have these in stock at a good price, or you can build your own - click here. We also offer a  USB Type A to Type B cable, to connect your Star*Board to your PC.

Note:  Larry WW6USA, a long time D-Star guy, found that the Star*Board fits in an Altoids tin.  As many of you know, this little box is often used by QRP homebrewers as an enclosure for their projects. 

We also encourage you to join gmsk_dv_node on Yahoo Groups -- the most popular email list about GMSK node adapters.

MoenComm LLC is owned and operated by Jim Moen, K6JM

* D-Star® is a registered trademark used for communication equipment (repeaters and transceivers) for amateur radio communications, and owned by Icom Incorporated.

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