D-Star rigs are expensive as Ham Radio rigs, but how expensive is P25 radios???
Can one add a P25 controller to a typical FM repeater or is it like Icom and one must ICOM for all. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: James Delancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/05/09 Fri AM 10:26:43 CDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FCC Denies Petition to Utilize 2m Sub-Band >for Digita > >Sounds like another reason why I don't care to support D-star :) P25 >works so much better (in most cases). I also have a liking for >MotoTrbo, but like D-Star, it is kinda proprietary since no one else >makes radios for it .... oh well. > >James > >just my 2c > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> At 5/9/2008 05:47, you wrote: >> >> >There have been couple analog repeaters converted to D-Star here. >> This has >> >been the most growth. >> >> The problem I see is that in very case where D-Star & analog systems are >> co-located, the analog system significantly outperforms the D-Star >> system. So most analog system owners aren't too keen on downgrading their >> system's coverage. >> >> Bob NO6B >> > > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
