Tony, I agree. Each situation is so vastly different that no one can say with any certainty a mode will out preform another. We need all of the ammunition that we can have at our disposal. Emergency communications is NOT a contest or competition between modes. Its what we do, not with what we do it that counts.
73 Don WB5EKU On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tony Langdon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At 03:00 AM 4/4/2010, you wrote: > > > o Yes, even with loss of internet connectivity, D-Star will > > perform better than analog., D-Star will perform better than analog. > > o Yes, but only without loss of internet connectivity, D-Star > > will perform better than analog. > > o No, D-Star will perform no better than analog with or without > > loss of internet connectivity. > > Can I have an "It depends on the situation" box? I don't believe you > can definitively say that D-STAR will perform better or worse than > analog on the whole. I belive it will be dependent on the situation, > hence my view that D-STAR is here, we should have it as one of many > tools in the toolbox. :) I have seen in general use where D-STAR > performs much better than analog, typically fixed point to point > paths, and I have also seen D-STAR totally outclassed by analog > systems (try operating both mobile from inside a train, or from the > wrong side of a hill and see which gets the best results). Of > course, there's also the issue of having access to slow data, which > can be useful for some situations. > > Again, another poll I probably won't vote on, because it's an issue > where discussion is more useful than judgement. :) > > 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL > http://vkradio.com > > >
