--- In [email protected], "Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One down side would be the internet gateway. I can direct a call to the > DSTAR repeater in Malibu, CA from here in Temple, Texas and have no > idea whether the channel in Malibu had analog traffic or not. Local > folks could be observant, but folks thru the gateway would not know. > This may be how folks contrive the DSTAR repeater to be an AUX Station > because it can be caused to transmit by another station via the internet > in another area. This may be a secondary function, though, because > primarily the repeater works as a repeater, and I would venture that 2/3 > of the DSTAR systems in the US are not connected to the internet. > > 73, Steve NU5D >
The fact that a D-Star repeater is made to transmit by another station via the internet does not make it an auxiliary station. This is precisely what TASMA had wrong from the get-go. An auxiliary station TRANSMITS, over RF, point-to-point communications WITHIN a system of cooperating amateur stations, not to the end-user. A 2- meter D-Star repeater NEVER transmits POINT-TO-POINT communications on its output. I have challenged 2 people from TASMA to cite a single example to the contrary: neither has responded. Consider a couple of conventional linked analog 2-meter repeaters: the W1AAA repeater in Anytown is linked to the W1ZZZ repeater in Nextownover on 440. Which are the auxiliary stations? Not the repeaters - they are the cooperating amateur stations. The LINK TRANSCEIVERS are the auxiliary stations, because they are the ones transmitting the point-to-point communications. In the D-Star network, the 440 link transceivers have been replaced by a LAN/WAN/the internet, or a microwave link. Because the link does not take place over 2 meters, there is NO way you can claim that the 2-meter D-Star repeater is an auxiliary station. As in the scenario above, it is merely one of the "cooperating amateur stations." Before the NFCC made its announcement this week, I already had confirmation from the ARRL that they and the FCC are about to put an end to this debate. George, KA3HSW
