Having read the previous posts in the Digest Version, I only had one point to make.
We need to ensure that the DV dongle does not take-over the D-Star network. Dongles are, compared to an RF radio, very cheap. Too many folk using them and not buying radios is my concern. If that were to happen, then the repeaters would gradually close down. Then Posted by: "Gary Pearce KN4AQ" [email protected] kn4aq > We do need RF capability - lots of it - just to maintain our distinct > character. We need it to back up our claim of being "unstoppable" - > communications anywhere, anytime, off the grid. As far as I know, nobody's > linked any D-STAR repeaters by RF yet. Can we get D-STAR communications out > of a disaster area with a hop or two of RF, then fully connected to the > Internet? A good point Gary. I thought that the original idea was mainly to link by radio on 10GHz. It will be interesting to see if Gary gets a positive answer. Reg
