John,
What a coincidence! I talked exactly about this subject with Ray Novak from Icom in 2006 here in Brazil. The radio amateur should have access to an open language to deal with the radio interface and the radios will never more be like this. 73's PY2JF De: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] Em nome de John D. Hays Enviada em: Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:39 PM Para: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Assunto: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Native D-STAR vs. DPLUS linking It has more to do with the user interface than with the protocol(s) involved.