At 05:43 AM 5/18/2009, you wrote: >DSTAR continues to emerge. That said, I believe the long range solution >to more fully utilize DSTAR lies in a sensible user interface that >integrates all of the features of DSTAR (G2 and Dplus) in a user >friendly format. Also making system statue available on demand through >the low speed data capabilities will be a tremendous asset.
Indeed. Evolution should take care of a lot of the rough edges that we see in D-STAR/DPlus today. IRLP and Echolink have "status" commands, why can't D-STAR have a status command that can return the system status? D-STAR has the advantage of both voice and data to respond with. >Picture adding a $300 PC to your radio and getting a GUI interface where >the PC gets a daily or weekly update of the state of DSTAR, and uses >that info to communicate with and control your radio. Not practical outside the shack. Nice when you can use it, but if D-STAR suddenly requires a PC hanging off my radio to make use of it, it's going to be almost useless for me, as I'm one of those highly portable operators. I don't run APRS, because of the lack of one piece integrated solutions for that mode. Even the Kenwoods still require a serially connected GPS, and that serial cable is enough to make things unweildy (I rarely even use a speaker mic). 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
