I, in turn, agree with KE4QDC (below) on confusion over one touch vs callsign routing. Call sign routing which in my own vernacular has become "follow me" allows you to put any callsign (I don't know about JA) into the UR field and find the owner instantly (delays due to switching modules, etc. excepted), as long as they have previously keyed up on a system local to them. I used it recently to find a friend who was traveling on the opposite coast and bingo he came back immediately. Routing does not seem to be a user issue with D*.
Joe, N3SRU Re: how are you routing? <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/message/5422;_ylc=X3oDMTJybWk2MG51BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIwNTEwNTI2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM1NDIyBHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzEyMTg5ODE3MzI-> > > > Posted by: "Ferrell Brown" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ke4qdc <http://profiles.yahoo.com/ke4qdc> > > > Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:21 am (PDT) > > I agree with everything you said Steve. We all need to try to > teach those new to Dstar. I feel like I have done that and other > locals as well. One local dstar user WB4MAK Mack McCormick went > as far as inviting as many as 25 hams to his own house and put on > a demo with powerpoint and even provided radio programming for the > ones that brought one with them. On the other side of the coin, > before I bought my first dstar radio there is no telling how many > hours I spent reading about it and its uses and numerous forums at > different hamfest to educate myself on how it all worked and the > different radio programming methods. I guess what I am trying to > say is that dstar is like everything else a person needs to do > some on their own since it is so new and the learning curve is > hugh. I in noway would refuse to help any ham new to dstar and am > happy to do so. > > I think people are confusing the one touch reply with user > callsign routing. One touch is used for when you hear the station > calling and want to respond to him right then and thereand one > touch will capture the the data on that Transmission if you get it > before another station keys up. You are correct that when using > another hams specific call in the UR call field and rely on the > system to find them that it could take a long time for the system > to update across all the gateways. > > 73 > KE4QDC > Ferrell >
