That D-STAR repeaters were indeed a repeater. There was a contingent that was trying to portray a D-STAR system as not a repeater. Because the signal is time delayed, it is a lot more like a packet node than a repeater. This would allow for a lot more frequencies to be used in the US. But the FCC ruled that if it receives on one and retransmits on another, even though there was a time delay, then it was a repeater.
It might sound obvious, but when you are trying to find 2M frequencies, you'll sometimes try really hard to stretch the rules the way you want them to be. Ed WA4YIH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Automatic Operation - Control Point Definition We've already had one ruling by the FCC about D-STAR repeaters and that didn't go the way that many organizations had hoped. Let's not force another ruling. Ed WA4YIH Hi Ed, What was that ruling, for those of us unaware please? 73 vk4tux
