Ok, Here is some info from John, wkxq, my friend and neighbor across the
street.  I felt sure he would have the answer, and I was right. 

 

Kris

 

From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
King
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 4:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: FW: DStar dongle and DV tool

 

Kris,
For the DVAP here is the description:

The DV Access Point Dongle connects to your PC or Intel based Mac via a USB
port and provides a 2 meter Access Point for use with a D-STAR radio.  Using
an Internet connection, a user may connect to and communicate with D-STAR
gateways and reflectors around the world.  The DVAPTool application used
with the DV Access Point Dongle may be installed and run on Microsoft
Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard, or many flavors of Linux.
http://dvapdongle.com/DV_Access_Point_Dongle/Home.html


The DV Dongle description:

The DV Dongle connects to your PC or Apple Mac via a USB port and provides
encoding and decoding of compressed audio using the DVSI AMBE2000 full
duplex vocoder DSP chip.  AMBE technology is used in all D-Star radios to
provide efficient voice transmissions.  It is also used in some HF digital
protocols by vendors like AOR.  The DVTool application used with the DV
Dongle may be installed and run on Microsoft Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X
Leopard, or many flavors of Linux.
http://www.dvdongle.com/DV_Dongle/Home.html  


John

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Kris Hickerson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

John, Do you  know the answer to this question?


Kris

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

On Behalf Of Martin McCormick
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:03 AM

To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: DStar dongle and DV tool

       Are there any Macintosh or Linux DSTAR versions of that dongle yet?

       If done right, DSTAR shouldn't require any specific operating system
and the graphical interface would be an interface, not the only interface.