HAHA D-STAR doesn't provide amateur radio price points either.D-STAR is off the shelf which makes it popular for appliance operator/trustees who want to tinker with digital as compared to digging into a P-25 mode and upgrade which takes significant technical skills when compared to appliance operator type.
I think D-STAR will end up like Quadraphonic sound.just a matter of time. If prices drop 60% on D-STAR that might keep it alive longer but it is nonsense to think VHF users are going to walk away from analog under the current scenario and economic times. As stated earlier D-STAR makes no sense for ACS. Sorry for the drift, Dave Wa3gin _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR Some of the concerns are addressed in this posting: <http://k7ve.org/blog/2007/07/d-star-repeater-audio-linking/> Basically, D-STAR is by far the most developed and deployed Amateur Radio specific true digital voice and data network out there (We see a few P25, MotoTrbo, and NXDN/IDas systems on Amateur Radio, but none with the network of D-STAR -- see http://dstarusers.org). Mototrbo, P25, etc. just doesn't provide amateur oriented radios at amateur oriented price points. But these are probably topics for other lists.
