*flame on*
So what ?? so what about folks like me that don't want to lay out $1000 for a 1.2ghz DSTAR data radio, or who would like to operate DSTAR using SDR gear. What about PACTOR3 - plenty of decoders, but if you write an encoder, the folks that came up with it land on you like a ton of bricks Kind of defeats the spirit of experimentation and innovation that has been part of the hobby for so long. But I guess not too many people care any more - they want plug and play instant gratification - and picking up a soldering iron or reading a schematic just doesn't cut it. "put the green cable in the green socket" is about as technical as they can get. *flame off* I'm going back to wiring up my 80 amp power system and 2000ah battery backup array for the shack.. gotta love rural power.. we lose it at least twice a week :-) _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nj902 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: "Cheap" P25 repeater ... I don't see why not. Hams all over the country are experimenting with a variety of digital voice formats including D-Star, P25, AOR, FDMDV, and Mototrbo TDMA. If some of these are only available from one manufacturer - so what? See: http://www.hamradio <http://www.hamradio-dv.org/> -dv.org/ Since this list is not for rules debate - let's just build some digital repeaters and have some fun. ---------------------------------------------------------- --- In Repeater-Builder@ <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, Dan Blasberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Thanks for the clarification. "As for using VSLEP, if it is all that was available at the time the radios where received, why not use it? ..."
