Yaesu System Fusion is the easiest digital mode to get into. To use all parts of it, other than running your own node, it does not require any registration. However, when you start linking in other digital modes, as we have done when combining the Wolf Pack Network with New England Digital Radio, it makes things more complicated. We now have DMR and D-Star systems connected, and if you are not registered with these networks, problems happen from your call sign not showing to your transmissions not passing across the various networks. All registrations are free and easy.
Radio ID
Radio ID is related to the DMR networks. This is mainly a database of callsigns. DMR, being made for commercial radio, doesn’t support ham radio call signs. Instead, they use a 7 digit number. Right now, if you come in on Fusion without a Radio ID, people on DMR and other parts of the network will see WO1VES as the displayed callsign. Also users on the YSF reflector will also show the wrong call sign. To register a Radio ID, go to radioid.net, click on “Register” in the upper right hand corner, and follow the instructions on screen.
D-Star Network
The D-Star network has more strict rules for registration. Many of the reflectors won’t let any transmissions pass if you aren’t registered. As of right now, REF049B is full time linked to the network. And during the New England Wolf Pack Fusion Net, several area D-Star repeaters are linked to that reflector. Without that D-Star registration, none of your transmissions will be heard by stations using those repeaters or operators on the reflector. The best place to register for D-Star in this area is on the WB1GOF D-Star registration page.