At 03:59 PM 4/8/2010, Nate Duehr wrote:
... All the current Icom rigs reset the four callsign fields anytime you
tune to a new memory channel.
A small correction - they don't reset the MY CALL field - that one stays
put until you change it.
...Callsign routing obviously is a fully-workable system all by itself
(without D-PLUS linking)... Over here, D-PLUS is virtually a requirement
so a private company can sell and offer DV-Dongle... gateway operators
don't really get a choice as to whether or not they want that particular
add-on. And I'm not saying it isn't useful... it is... but I'd almost wish
people HAD to learn the Icom way FIRST so they FULLY understand how the
system was DESIGNED to work, prior to getting the keys to drive the D-PLUS
links....
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Nate Duehr, WY0X
If I had to choose between call sign routing or DPLUS linking, it would be
a no-brainer for DPLUS. Call sign routing has it's uses, but it's too
convoluted and complicated. DPLUS does 95% of what we wanted D-STAR to do,
but the Japanese engineers just didn't understand.
Well, I don't mean to scare you new D-STAR users off of call sign routing.
It exists. It's not THAT complicated. And it is useful. But I won't be
surprised if most of you never bother to learn it, because most of the
time, DPLUS does exactly what you want.
I don't expect that call sign routed Barge-Ins will be much of a problem,
simply because so few of us will be doing it.
One use: alerting the users of a repeater that's busy with DPLUS that
you'd like to reach somebody there.
Hmmm... maybe DPLUS needs "Call Waiting."
Unless you prefer an expensive repeater system that carries almost no
traffic, DPLUS and the reflectors make D-STAR worth having.
Thanks you, Robin!
73,
Gary KN4AQ
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