----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Dengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] D-Star systems as auxiliary stations?
> At 9/5/2007 12:45 PM, you wrote: > >>4. It does NOT carry out point-to-point communications over amateur >>frequencies, but rather, over a LAN, WAN, or the internet. > > Not true; it uses a combination of both. > Not on 2 meters. There is NO point-to-point communications on 2 meters in a D-Star system! >> On the RF side, it is STRICTLY user-access. I maintain that it >> therefore does NOT meet the definition of an auxiliary station. > > Our local OOs do not share your conclusion. > Really... Have one of them send me their explanation of just how a D-Star system carries out point-to-point communications on 2 meters, such that it could be considered to be in auxiliary operation on 2 meter frequencies. >>5. According to one of the postings on Icom's D-Star forums, the >>developer(s) of D-Star have ALWAYS envisioned and called it a repeater >>system, as does the current sole vendor, Icom. > > Yes it may be a repeater, but it's also an auxiliary station. > And if it's a repeater, it is prohibited in the 145.5 - 145.8 sub-band. You just shot yourself in the foot.
