There's no D Star around here at all and I don't anticipate that changing. 
It's too expensive, there's only 1 company making radios for it, and there's 
no standard for it, nor is any manufacturer putting any effort in to jumping 
on board at this time. It will probably be another over rated toy that dies 
out in a few years in favor of something else. Difference being, this will 
probably never really take off overly big except in a few areas.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: d-star


> Hi Walter,
> I also just bought a tmv71a and I'm very happy with it.  Around here, 
> D-Star
> is becoming more popular primarily for emergency, RACES, work.   D-star 
> can
> handle voice and data at the same time.  In my opinion, the voice quality
> with d-star is not that good and signal strength needs to be very good to
> get reliable transmission between two points.  That is why I got the 
> TMV71A.
> 73
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype name:  BobTinn
> Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Walter Hampton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:02 PM
> Subject: d-star
>
>
>> will d-star take over fm? i can't afford d-star having bought the =
>> tmv71a. what are we to do? are all of you going d-star?
>>
>> from Walter wb6jtj