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3022218.  ALL US STATIONS WITH A RADIOID START WITH THE NUMBER 31, AND ALL
CANADIAN STATIONS START WITH THE NUMBER 30.  ONCE YOU HAVE OBTAINED YOUR
RADIOID, YOU CAN START THE FIRST CONFIGURATION.  INITIAL SETUP LIKE ANY
ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR, I WAS EAGER TO HOOK IT UP WITHOUT
FULLY READING THE DOCUMENTATION, THIS RESULTED IN ME HITTING MY NOSE ON A
SPLASH SCREEN WITH A SCROLL BAR READING STARTING SYSTEM.  AFTER WAITING A
FEW MINUTES, I REALIZED THAT MAYBE SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE
FIRST START.  SO I DOWNLOADED THE MANUAL, AND ON PAGE 6, I NOTICED THAT I
HAD TO CONNECT THE UNIT TO MY HOME NETWORK VIA THE RJ45 WIRED CONNECTION
FOR THE FIRST START.  THE USER MANUAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE PRODUCT WEB PAGE
DIRECTLY ON THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE AT WWW. DVMEGA. NL/ DVMEGA.  THE
RADIO REQUIRES ACCESS TO A WIRED NETWORK FOR ITS FIRST INITIALIZATION TO
ALLOW BASIC CONFIGURATION WITH THEIR EMBEDDED PI STAR SOFTWARE.  YOUR
NETWORK SHOULD OFFER A DHCP SERVICE.  THIS FEATURE IS USUALLY ENABLED BY
DEFAULT IN YOUR HOME ROUTER.  THE DHCP ASSIGNS AN IP ADDRESS WITH BASIC
SETTINGS TO THE UNIT THAT JOINS THE NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH
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