Hi Dave,
I was only repeating what I heard from another ham who was working 
commercially with the APCO P25 standar who was expressing his opinion of the 
DStar radio.  I would not buy one because it has not become standardized 
with other manufacturers.
Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
Skype Name: bobtinn
Life is GOOD!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Voice


The Icom radios use a completely digital mode at 4.8KBPS.  3.600KBPS is used
for the voice while 1.200KBPS is used for forward error correcting and other
data.  The low-speed d-star takes up 6.25KHZ.  The high-speed d-star data
mode can transmit at 128MBPS on 1.2GHS.  The bandwidth is 1.25MHZ.  Check
out more specifications on the Icom America webpage.

Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Digital Voice


> Hi,
>
> I believe the Icom D Star radios use a really old technology of reverse
> sideband scrambling.  There is nothing modern in those rigs.