I miss-read this tidbit - Protocol forks are everpossible, and once the door for codec experimentation. *However*, the one advantage Codec2 would have any other competing protocol is time - it's the first on the scene and it's not like writing an competitive-to-AMBE codec is child's play - its damn hard!
Plus, competition in the DSTAR protocol field would invigorate increased innovation among protocols, a "marketplace" would develop and the best protocol would prevail. With dual (or tri or quad etc) codec repeaters, any and all Codec2 offshoots would be implementable, however ICOM DSTAR radio users wouldn't hear a lick of difference - it's all translated to and from AMBE anyways... -73, KE7HQY ________________________________ From: Ted Wrobel <[email protected]> Finally, if we had another codec, it would take about a month for a Codec3 crowd to organize to combat both DVSI and Codec2. 73 Ted W1GRI
