George Henry wrote: > 1. The repeater input and output frequencies are different. > > 2. It is TRUE full duplex, simultaneously retransmitting what it > receives, with only a few millisecond delay attributable to the bit > regeneration process, no more than is seen with many analog > repeaters' anti-kerchunk delays. > > 3. Contrary to what some self-serving groups/individuals have tried > to claim, it is NOT store-and-forward. The bit stream is NOT stored > at all before being sent to the bit regenerator. > > 4. It does NOT carry out point-to-point communications over amateur > frequencies, but rather, over a LAN, WAN, or the internet. On the RF > side, it is STRICTLY user-access. I maintain that it therefore does > NOT meet the definition of an auxiliary station. > > 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.
That's all I needed to hear! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
