Brian if you read what I said then maybe you and a few others wouldn't said your dumb comments. Go back and read it. You live in another country. Not in America.
But Ed I do thank very much for you openning my eyes to just how worthless D-Star is for most of us living here in America. Thanks everyone for helping find out that D-Star is not for everyone. --- In [email protected], Brian Mury <ve7...@...> wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 13:45 +0000, milkman wrote: > > Everyone in America does not live in a D-Star hotspot. So that makes > > it worthless. I give up! > > Everyone in America does not live where highspeed internet access is > availabe. So that makes highspeed internet access worthless. I am going > to call my cable company and cancel my highspeed internet. > > Everyone in America does not live in an area with cell phone coverage. > So that makes cell phones worthless. I am going to call my telco and > cancel my cell phone account. > > Everyone in America does not live where they can put up HF antennas. So > that makes HF worthless. I am going to sell my HF radios. > > What a ridiculous thing to say! > > You are talking about a mode that has been around for 5 years or so, and > complaining that it has fewer repeaters and fewer users than a mode that > has been around for what - 50 years or more? And you are not only > surprised by this, but upset by it? And somehow this is DSTARs fault, > and makes DSTAR worthless? > > I'm sorry you feel robbed and lied to, but information about both DSTAR > itself and the current state of the DSTAR network is readily available. > It is nobody's fault but yours if you didn't do your research before > buying. This is a hobby, by the way - nobody owes it to you to spend > their time and money to provide you with the system that you think you > are entitled to. > > While you stated that you were here to ask questions and to learn, your > posts sound more like you came here to stir the pot. If you don't like > DSTAR, or a new and still-growing mode does not meet your needs - then > don't use it! The rest of us are having a lot of fun with it. >
