> except the D-Star registration process is one of the worst registration > processes that I have seen to date.
I agree with you completely, but from ICOM's point of view, it's a pretty effective way of side-stepping any political issues that a centralized, systematic process would create - I wonder if they did it this way by accident or deliberately. The current process creates opportunities for problems, but it also creates a degree of freedom that may not be all bad. Just look at how fractured the D-Star community is already over just about any issue. The reasons are both complex and petty, but that's just the way it is. What we have now works most of the time for most folks. Yeah, NJ6N has to babysit the database, but even that has been worked out for the most part. Wonder what, if anything, will come out of Dayton. Best rumor I heard was Yaesu was introducing an amateur radio that would do P25. 73--John
