> D-PLUS was created before the DVDongle. D-PLUS is NOT REQUIRED for a D-STAR > repeater, or one that is connected to the Trust Server.
Chronologically dplus appeared before the dongle, but conceptually? The dongle market certainly appears to drive dplus development since. > Again, DPLUS IS NOT REQUIRED! Of course not installing it would probably be > foolhardy as linking is pretty much a way of life for may repeaters. Foolhardy? - "foolishly adventurous and bold" not to install dplus? That may be an inappropriate characterization. > People refusing to learn callsign routing IS NOT THE ONLY REASON. I know how > to do it (after all, I kinda wrote the book). But I don't like its > implementation. I don't use it. I think that it is a relatively ill-conceived > function that was only half-heatedly though through. I believe that you also > may be making a mistake to believe that Icom's gateway implementation is the > way that it was intended to be utilized. Yes, it is hard for old timers to give up old ways of operating and learn new concepts. > I can with good conscious, state that without DPLUS, DSTAR would probably > have died. Or at least be at significantly lower levels of penetration than > today. A LOT of people enjoy listening to REF001C and the nets. A lot of > grant money has been spent with the capability to link repeaters pretty much > a requirement. Now that truly is a foolhardy assertion! 73--John
