Hi Ron and welcome to dstar. The obvious is internet connection provides networking between repeaters. There is much more. If I program W2CB into the UR field on my radio, the network will route my call to the last repeater you keyed. Kinda like a primative follow me roaming feature. When you keyed your mic (particularly with a GPS equipped IC2820) your position was reported to Findu via internet. The internet also reports your activity via internet to dstarusers.com so I can see what repeater you are using via internet and make a call to the repeater you are using.
These are a few that come to mind. On another topic - 146.52 in the middle of the FM band - in 1976 my Moto T43GGV was rock bound and pretty narrow in terms of receiver bandwidth. Rubber Radios with wide or tracking front ends changes all of that. 73, steve --- In [email protected], rOn <w2...@...> wrote: > > I am new to DSTAR and need some enlightenment. > Other than temporary EMCOMM ops why would anyone want to > connect DSTAR to the internet? > > I need facts not attacks. > > rOn >
