> Re: Service Monitors with D-Star > Posted by: "Nate Duehr" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wy0x > Date: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:24 pm ((PDT)) > > On 4/23/07, Shanon Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> There are several Death Star repeaters popping up in Michigan. The P25 >> repeaters have been around much longer, one in Detroit for over 2 years. >> Problem is, the Michigan Repeater Council, MARC, will not recognize P25 >> but >> does Death Star. The P25 owner is trying to get a pair but they refuse >> to >> even put him on the waiting or pending list. >> > > That's utterly retarded. What possible technical reason do they have for > that!? > > Aren't the FCC emission type designators identical, with the only > difference > being the vocoder? Perhaps that could be the leverage he could use to hit > them upside the head with the cluestick/cluebat. (e.g. Give them a clue.) > > Nate WY0X >
The Illinois Repeater Association last week implemented a plan to allocate repeater channels for the digital modes based on bandwidth, regardless of the mode involved, be it P25, D-Star, Mototrbo, or whatever. Details will be up at www.ilra.net soon. 73, Al, K9SI