Thereare some none ICOM repeater install here in CT that do bothe analog and DSTAR, but not at the same time so it is possible
-- Fran W1FJM On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM, David Holman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > About the only anti-DStar stuff we here about here in Tucson is the > cost.... It is expensive. It would be nice if ICOM wasn't the only > player. For those afraid to loose their analog (and I really don't know why > they would be except that they don't want to have to buy new radios and I > can't say that I blame them either), a good digital repeater would be able > to do both, DStar and analog. I mean my HT can differentiate between the > two signals. A repeater should be able to handle both signals and not > blink. My personal opinion, analog should be mothballed and something > digital (maybe not DStar) should replace it. We should be putting up > repeaters that can do both.... I haven't seen that done yet. > > 73 > > David, AC7DS > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steve Homer <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, July 11, 2010 10:49:56 AM > *Subject:* Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Are you exprerencing anti d-star in your > area? > > > > 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 > > > > > >
