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Register for D-STAR

Icom D-STAR

New callsign registration is a two-step process. Here are the steps to get your callsign registered for D-STAR.

First Step – get an account on a D-STAR gateway

Navigate to https://regist.dstargateway.org/Dstar.do and click on the Register button. Enter your callsign in UPPER CASE along with other requested information and a password of your choice. This will submit your request for approval. You will receive a confirmation email once your request for an account is approved.

Second Step – Create a “terminal”

Once your account is approved, go back to the above Registration page and under "Already Registered?", enter your callsign (UPPER CASE) and password and click Login.

Then click on the Personal Information tab (upper right of main page). Each numbered line can be used to set up a terminal. For your first terminal:

D-Star Registration

  • Click on the check-box on the left of the first line
  • Enter a blank (press the space bar) in the Initial box. This is important. Don't skip over this field. Just enter an explicit space into this box.
  • Enter a capital "Z" in the second box. Check the "AccessPoint" box.
  • Click Update

After entering your terminal, it can sometimes take several hours for the update to propagate through the D-STAR network. You can check the status at: https://regist.dstargateway.org/regcheck/index.php.

Final Step

Be sure to enter your registered callsign into your radio's MY or MYCALL field. You must do this before the radio will be able to connect to reflectors or linked repeaters. For nearly everyone, one terminal is all you need — even if you have multiple D-STAR radios. Just use the same registered callsign in MY/MYCALL on all of them.