On May 9, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Dan Blasberg wrote: > >> Not according to DVSI, they have several flavors of AMBE (AMBE-300, >> AMBE-2000, AMBE-2020, AMBE-20x0-HDK, AMBE-1000) and not all of them >> are AMBE+2 compatible, so AMBE is not AMBE especially when talking >> AMBE and AMBE+2. > > Oh. Yuck. The same crap as Linksys calling 6 different pieces of > hardware a "WRT54GS". Great.
Exactly. > > >> If they use the same compression scheme and chipset then a dongle >> shouldn't be a problem, if they use different chipsets and schemes >> then I guess the question is how hard would it be to come with a >> Dongle for P25, since one already exists for D-Star? > > The harder part is how would you route to the P25 machine? There's > nothing (in reasonable price ranges, or that isn't > manufacturer-proprietary) to link P25 machines via IP yet. That is why I think P25 Phase 2 would be the best chance yet to play with it and perhaps develop a P25 Dongle similar to the DV dongle. > > > D-STAR has P25 soundly whipped in this regard, even if the Icom > Gateway > is "klunky"... > > And if development continues, P25 Amateur won't catch up anytime soon. P25 equipment does have the ability to work in mixed mode, including the repeaters, which I believe is the one failing of D-Star equipment, but give it time. > > > Nate WY0X Dan KA8YPY > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
