wd8chl wrote: >> I guess that's where we're disagreeing, or missing each other. Even >> if the repeaters, rigs, and what-have you... HAVE a busy-channel- >> lockout feature, no one is using them. So there's really no need to >> add it to D-STAR rigs, if no one else using the spectrum needs the >> feature. > > Well, the fact that no one s sing it (like they SHOULD be doing), > doesn't make it right to not include it. If a user in the commercial > world keeps trouncing on other users, and it causes a problem, they can > be cited, and it has happened. The same can apply to hams too. If a D* > user(s) trounce on analog users, the analog users can complain, and the > D* users will be at fault.
And vice-versa. So you're saying we all have to learn to be good operators. Good. My IC-91AD will hear analog users on the same frequency (when set up correctly) just fine... Nate WY0X
