The exception to Nate's advice is if you travel to metropolitan areas with any regularity where you could use a D-STAR/Gateway system or as one of my friends observes the clarity of digital helps with his hearing.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another factor I'd look into if I were you, before making a purchasing > decision... > > If that proposed D-STAR repeater 30 miles away is NOT going to have > Internet access and a Gateway, that CRUSHES most of D-STAR's advantages. > > (A digital stand-alone repeater is still just a repeater. Only by > adding a Gateway does D-STAR *really* shine.) > > Check with those folks and see if they have a REAL plan to have Internet > access AT THE REPEATER SITE and whether or not they're planning on > adding Icom's Gateway. > > If they're not... I wouldn't buy in your area. I'd wait. > > (Like I said, I completely respect that decision in rural areas right now.) > > Nate WY0X > _ > -- John D. Hays K7VE [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
