Please See responses below:
> Quantar seems to do pretty well for those I've
> listened/talked
> through. The analog audio is "distinctively
> Motorola" though, highly
> compressed and if you swept it, there's no way it'd
> be flat in-to-
> out. Moto sure likes their compression.
Yes- New moto compresion is pretty heavy (and to me sounds like crap)
> Oh before I forget to joke about it... of course you could
> always give
> the grant money back and ask that they return it as a tax
> refund to
> those who are really paying for the repeater. :-) (Heh
> heh.
> Nothing's really FREE! Someone paid for it.)
I'm in Illinois- If we don't use the money it will end up in the back pocket of
the politicians......It's the requirement of the state ;) (Obama fans should
remember he is from Illinois)
You
> didn't say
> specifically that it was a ham repeater,
Yes, a Ham UHF Machine.
> and
> nothing to worry about, turn on your CTCSS decoder, etc...
> this always
The users of this particular system are pretty advanced and already have P25
Radios. I think this would be a minimal issue.
> Amateur P25 has a lot of hurdles to jump through before
> systems can
> even think about doing that.
I Agree. However the requirement for this opportunity is that the equipment be
P25 capable/compliant.
>
> So... seriously... think about going D-STAR. Amateur P25
> is fun/
> good... I won't knock that... but D-STAR is light years
> ahead of it in
> functionality... I'm not saying everything's
> "perfect", there are
> glitches to all this new stuff... but dollar for dollar,
> the D-STAR
> gear is doing a lot more already.
Not to knock D-Star, but I am personally tired of being beat about the head
with D* D* D* every five minutes on both groups, the air, and at Hamfests. I
made the mistake of joining a Digital ham & D-star yahoo group (just trying to
stay up on things) and my inbox was never the same.
That being said- again the requirements of the opportunity is P25 capability.
Along with that all the users of the system have P25 rigs and are itching for a
good P25 Capable repeater around here too.
I would not consider any digital right now if it was not an requirement of the
opportunity. My feelings are most Ham repeaters are made up of surplus
commercial grade equipment of the past, so in 10 more years you will not find
any commercial D* equipment floating around, but P25 will be abundant.
Also, if Icom was so sure of the format why would they not offer it
commercially along with or as an alternative to P25? Other manfactuers are
introducing their own formats besides P25. I am hesitant that D* has a shorter
lifespan than P25 just due to the fact the commercial world is P25 and that
equipment will be around a while.
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Nate as always for the great comments!!!
Tom
W9SRV
