On Thu, 15 May 2008, KF4TNP wrote:
> D STAR DOES NOT NEED ITS OWN PLAN if all communication are done
> correctly and thing thought out . There is plenty of room if people
> would work together but too many are stuck on OLD
I would be inclined to agree with you, however most existing repeater
owners are not likely to give up a repeater location, or coordination.
Additionally, there are locations where it does not make simple sense to
sacrafice a repeater location for the purposes of securing a digital
mode.
> When I program up the radio I have all the fail soft and , and control
> channels etc etc are programmed into the radios So if the system
> fails. And it ends up in failsoft then one trunk channel is now for
> the police , one for fire, etc etc etc.
> Of course it is all how you plan the system before you deploy it .
> Brent
Ah, another of our land-mobile guys speaks up. Brent, in your experience
of commercial trunking radio, and analyzing the D-star protocol
documents, wouldn't you agree that a common channel, similar to the APRS
frequency, is needed for D-star to be truly effective?
You do make a succinct point about the nature of systems planning,
however one must remember that this is "amateur" radio, and not all
amateurs have experience with trunking radio, or intend to build a large
system. Much as those in the data and computer networking worlds have
learned (and often the hard way), it takes a lot of work and learning
and making the wrong decision a few times to discover the most reliable
and the most effective way to solve a problem.
> Also correct me if I am wrong there is no way to turn off the dstar
> system as in remote control? Maybe on the newer systems there might
> be. I have also not heard a good sounding D system yet. Just my opnion
I am not familiar with the ICOM products enough to be able to answer
that question -- I would think it unwise to throw that into the
conversation without having a supporting reason. I will relate this: I
have seen numerous commercial stations and repeaters that did not
implement a remote control facility for allowing a control operator to
shut the repeater down.
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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility.
--rly
