Just a couple of important points, in case a reader is new to ID-1's DD (Digital Data) mode.
There is no Digital Data repeater in the Icom line up. The RP2D is more akin to an access point, it will allow ID-1s in the field to access a network connected to the "back side" (Ethernet/non RF) of the device -- that can be a server or servers and/or Internet connection. It does not repeat the DD packets from one ID-1 to another on the same RP2D, it can pass traffic through the gateway system from a local ID-1 to another ID-1 listening on a separate RP2D. The RP2D is essentially a simplex device. Two ID-1s can access a "server" application behind the RP2D and via that application can perform a variety of tasks. I have a knee jerk reaction when I hear "customers" (customers pay money for goods and services, something contrary to US Amateur Service rules) -- I'm assuming that what you really are describing is an ID-1 installed in a vehicle or fixed location, operated by a licensed amateur on a volunteer basis, to pass data to a RP2D/RP2C at a fire station under the authority of another volunteer amateur's license (the trustee)? (The article at http://www.mara.net/12052008.pdf may be instructive, the FCC's opinion starts in the second half of page two.) Mike Albertson wrote: > > Dale > > We (Rancho Cucamonga Fire Auxilary Communications Service) beleive > that the ID-1 does provide a solution for our "customer" RCFD. With a > 1.2GHz digital data repeater/server at a fire station near the center > of the city, ID-1s in the communications van and the emergency > operations center we expect to have an infrastructure independent wide > area network covering most of the city. > > Last Saturday was the department open house, showing the comm van with > WiFi access to the WAN. Next Saturday will be the first test from the > EOC and to another EOC to the west. > > My example for a minimum digital data system is to unplug the computer > from the network, plug in an ID-1, move the computer 20 miles away > plug it in to another ID-1 and continue working on a slower (not a > slow as dial-up) network. > > This is a major shift from standing on the street corner with an HT > but adds an effective means of sending reports, pictures and maps. > > Mike, KD6GWO > Planning Section Chief > Rancho ACS > -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE <http://k7ve.ampr.org> PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: 206-801-0820 801-790-0950 Fax: 866-309-6077 In the UK: 08449867545 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
