I'm not sure where the comments are coming from in Columbus. I have been involved in repeaters in Columbus for a number of years as well as a trustee of 2 of them.
As for 5.49/442.800, I know that some of the users bought Dstar radios and are now active there. I hope that things will continue to grow and get more popular over time. _________________________ Mike Murphy KD8Ok [email protected] twitter.com/kd8ok _________________________ On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:24 PM, "davidscott_345" <[email protected]> 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 > >
