D-Star (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) is a digital communications mode developed by Icom. The mode is capable of transmitting voice or data on the following bands:

• 2-m
• 70-cm
• 23-cm

D-Star transmits in 4.8kbps digital voice (DV) mode and 128kbps data (DD) mode. When using DD mode with a PC and the D-STAR radio, high-speed data communication is possible.

D-Star systems can employ gateways, enabling worldwide communications.

Repeaterbook.com is proud to be affiliated with dstarinfo.com and provides North American repeater data for download to assist with programming D-Star radios.