On May 9, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Ron Wright wrote: > D-Star rigs are expensive as Ham Radio rigs, but how expensive is > P25 radios??? > Depends on the manufacturer and if you want new or used. Used P25 radios can be had for as little as $250 (you still need a programming kit for some) and as high as $2500+ for a new handheld or mobile.
> Can one add a P25 controller to a typical FM repeater or is it like > Icom and one must ICOM for all. > No, P25 decoder is built into the radio itself, much like the ICOM radios. And no one has come out with a "dongle" for P25 probably due to the expense of the codec from DVSI for IMBE. That may change for phase 2 P25 which will be using an AMBE codec from DVSI. The question is, is it the same AMBE codec used for D-Star and if so, can someone write the firmware into a dongle to add both P25 and D-Star to the same radio. If that were to happen that would be pretty kick. > 73, ron, n9ee/r > > Dan KA8YPY > >> 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. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
