Hi David,
The same was said about Echolink.
People seem to not like the unknown & there was a time Echolink was the
same.
Just ride the wave for a while until people learn or are educated to the
benefits of Dstar - You will find most who oppose it have never tried it!
Steve EI2GYB
On 11/07/10 18:24, davidscott_345 wrote:
I have listened to a couple of conversations on analog 2 meter
repeaters here in Columbus, Ohio. The gist of the conversations seem
to be we don't want d-star because they will lose their analog systems.
After hearing this I checked the the 2007-2008 repeater directory.
Taking into account machines I knew were no longer on the air I
counted 16 2 meter machines and 22 440 Mhz machines in operation.
There are two d-star systems in Columbus one went up on a new
frequency pairs on 2m and 440. The other went up on existing 2m and
440 repeater pairs. I see that as a net loss to the analog folks as 1
2m and 1 440 pair.
When I scan the local analog repeaters only a couple are used a lot.
There are many that don't have any traffic on them for hours at a
time. So what do they feel they are losing?
I understand if it is not their cup of tea. I don't feel any hostility
to CW ops or packet because I don't use those modes so why should they
feel threatened by dstar.
David Scott N8XYF
