On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Tony Langdon wrote:
At 02:56 AM 7/15/2010, you wrote: >There are some folks who are using the DVDONGLE in combination with >an FM radio to get on D-STAR and I guess you could build such a >beast (as long as you handled the ID requirements - every radio must >ID on its transmission frequency). Play with native D-STAR for >awhile and you may find your opinion changing. :) A lot of people seem to make a big deal of the ID issue, but to me, it's no different than setting up a standalone Echolink node. The ID requirements are exactly the same, and the methods for dealing with it have been well known for decades, though more options have come in recent years. I feel the ID issue, while necessary for legal operation, is a red herring in the context in which it gets raised as a barrier between D-STAR and analog. It is not. Just put in a Morse or voice ID module, and configure it to ID at least once every 10 minutes, while the link is active. There will be some _inconvenience_ in the FM -> D-STAR direction, because the originating user's callsign won't appear on the D-STAR users' radios, but each transmitter in the chain is still legally identifying ITSELF.
This was addressed in the email chain. It was just a reminder that each transmitter needs to ID on its own carrier, something that is often overlooked.
I also had provided him a link to the whole ID translation issue http://k7ve.org/blog/2009/06/id-translation/ John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [email protected]
