Well, if you visit www.hamradio-dv.org I think it is, you can hear a
comparison, the voice quality if horrible actually, but I think what sets it
apart from other digitalvoice modes is the data capabilities.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
> does anyone know of any comprehensive articles on D star from users? not
> just the advertizing crap that is put out by the manufacturer or sellers
> of
> D star equipment.
> I get the basic premise, the digital incoding of your voice, which is then
> sent out and received by another digital radio which is then decoded into
> voice...with some obvious handhsake senarios going on in between.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>
>
>> This is different though, because of the flexibility that d-star has. I
> may
>> be getting something together in january and if I do, I'll let the list
> know
>> what challenges the blind d-star user might have.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>>
>>
>> >I don't think it will take hold in Ham radio though. I really don't.
> Narrow
>> > FM hasn't even yet and I'd think that would come first. I know I'm not
>> > going
>> > to spend money on it yet.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:47 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>> >
>> >
>> >> It's going to become the wave of the future simply because it cuts
>> >> down
>> >> on
>> >> the radio spectrum. The signal is very narrow, and that's going to
>> >> eventually make it take hold. I can see how the oil and gas industry
>> >> would
>> >> use it very much because of the data capabilities on 1.2 ghz.
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:37 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Icom is marketing the D star technology in the commercial radio
>> >>> sector...not
>> >>> sure if they have always done this, but we recently had an Icom D
>> >>> star
>> >>> rep
>> >>> from Icom canada attend one of our club meetings. He wasn't there to
>> >>> sell
>> >>> D
>> >>> star to local hams at all, but was attending an oil and gas industry
>> >>> conference where he was marketting D star for use in the oil field.
>> >>> It does have some fairly significant potential in certain aspects of
>> >>> communications in the oil and gas industry. They are always looking
> for
>> >>> new
>> >>> and better technology in that industry, or even very specific
> technology
>> >>> to
>> >>> meet a need that may not exist else where.
>> >>> So, I suspect it may have a limited survival rate amongst hams, or at
>> >>> least
>> >>> most hams who aren't as technically savvy as others, but it may not
>> >>> be
>> >>> in
>> >>> the same boat when it comes to the commercial side.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73
>> >>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:56 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> There's absolutely nothing around here, MA/RI area that I know of.
>> >>>> As
>> >>>> long
>> >>>> as only 1 manufacturer on the ham market offers it, I don't think it
>> >>>> will
>> >>>> have any chance of survival and I don't think anyone else has any
> plans
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> come out with anything compatible with it. If so, I haven't heard
> about
>> >>>> it
>> >>>> so I'm sure not going to bother with it.
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:19 AM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > Hi Lou;
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Their are only a couple of repeaters in the Delaware Valley area.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > I will wait until the cost of the radios come down.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > It's probably a lot like PL tones when you had to buy the board to
> go
>> >>> into
>> >>>> > the radio.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > 73 De Anthony W2AJV
>> >>>> > [log in to unmask]
>> >>>> > ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> > From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:05 PM
>> >>>> > Subject: Re: Easy HT to Use
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >> Hi.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Chris's message raises a point of curiosity for me. I have been
>> >>> hearing
>> >>>> >> murmurings about DStar, but don't know much about it. Is anyone
>> >>>> >> here
>> >>>> >> using
>> >>>> >> it, or even ever observed it being used?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Louis Kim Kline
>> >>>> >> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>> >>>> >>
>> >>>>
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