At 05:36 PM 1/17/2010, ad5rb wrote:
If you want to hear the developers in person, there are a series of videos available from Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, at www.ARVideoNews.com
Thanks for the plug, Richard. I'll add that the program "Digital Voice for Amateur Radio" is the one you want for a basic "What is it?" If you're in a radio club, it'll make a good meeting program or two. And I've got a bunch of articles and radio reviews you can download on the "otherstuff" page on the web site.
I'll add that for over the road, when you're in range of a D-STAR repeater, you can connect it to "reflectors" with multiple repeaters, and talk to the same group of hams no matter where you are. When you're NOT in range (and D-STAR isn't everywhere yet by a long shot), you can use a laptop with an air card and a DVDongle (www.dvdongle.com) and talk anywhere on the D-STAR network worldwide. Pretty soon, there will be a new version of the dongle that will let you create a mini-pool of D-STAR RF coverage around your PC in your truck, so you can use a D-STAR HT inside the truck stop and connect anywhere on the network.
73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com
