CAT, Since DStar is a voice system, and not a simple data system like APRS, building a store and forward system like that would cause you no end of problems, mainly huge delays in the voice portions. I have found that if you have a high quality dual band FM transciever and a DStar HT, you can cross band repeat the DStar signal for more range. You can connect your Garmin to your DStar rig and do the same thing and more that you do with APRS. We have a extremely nice DStar repeater system here in Tucson, so I don't have to do that, but I have done some experiementing with further away systems and it works well. The key is that your FM transceiver can't distort the audio signal from one band to the next. I use my IC-2710 to do this and if you were listening to the DStar on another DStar radio, you would never know I was doing. Now, I have NOT been able to do this through any of our FM repeaters. I am not sure why. Once DStar replaces FM, this should not be a problem for your. Have fun playing with it. 73 David, AC7DS
--- On Tue, 1/19/10, Catrina White <[email protected]> wrote: From: Catrina White <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New guy To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 2:15 PM I have another question for all of you. The DVAP sounds itneresting. . Is there a way that they could make it like a digipeater, like APRS? I'm just wondering if that is possible. I am a bicycle mobile ham whom uses APRS ( a garmin deluxe V and a kenwood d-7) (which sits nicely inside a pack held in the water bottle cage on the downtube). Would that be at all feasable? Just wondering. I LOVE learning about this new bit of technology! Thank you all for the wonderful questions. a non-technical person like me has a lightbulb going off just about everytime I read these discussions! CAT KG6PPA
