On May 10, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Dan Blasberg wrote: > Since in some instances D-Star is an add on board, I wonder why ICOM > wouldn't do the same thing for a P25 add on board?
Because they already make P25-specific rigs that are priced at roughly 4x the price (or more, your mileage may vary depending on who you are and what they quote you) of the D-STAR Amateur gear, and the Amateur gear isn't certified for commercial use, but people would use it as "cheap" public safety gear, which causes Icom and the users all sorts of problems... You won't ever see "Amateur grade" P-25 gear from any of the manufacturers making "Commercial grade" P-25 gear. The only way you'll see that is an Amateur-only manufacturer who can hide behind the shield of "We label it Amateur only!" when someone dies because their gear used by some cheap public safety person, contributes to someone's death. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
