Yes, and besides that, if you are looking at it for disaster 
communications, it's just one more thing that you have to hook up and 
power.  I sometimes think we have gone a little digital insane.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 01:26 AM 10/23/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Its never made any sense to me to have to use a computer in order to 
>access your
>ham gear especially if you're not a windoze slave.
>
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
>On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Chris Schulte wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:24:22 -0400
> > From: Chris Schulte <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: DStar
> >
> > Well, the accessibility issue is probably the way that Icom is now going to
> > go with their rigs, and that being it's programmable nicely from the
> > computer from what I hear.
> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: DStar
> >
> >
> > > There is a local repeater.  Except for the guys who set it up everyone
> > > I've
> > > talked to says its far more trouble than its worth.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
>
>
>
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