--- In [email protected], Tony Langdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the advent of Dongles, repeater/gateway linking, I'd imagine > this is less of an issue these days. Dongles also have issues with > callsign routing too if I recall. > > 73 de VK3JED > http://vkradio.com >
DV Dongles attach to: 1) DPLUS on a gateway 2) Reflectors They don't need routing, per se, though they can't break through callsign squelch (an Icom extension). Many of us have hoped that D-STAR would not become Echolink. A DV Dongle is a useful accessory that can be adapted to a few different applications, but it currently has some limitations and a simple lashup to make an L-Node is going to have issues (Of course an RP2D is basically an L-NODE, but you need a D-STAR radio to talk to it, specifically an ID-1). People are going to do this anyway, but often someone new to D-STAR will try this before they gain experience with the fullness of D-STAR and the issues raised in the now somewhat dated article I reference should be understood before attempting the same. -- John, K7VE
