RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UVD1 price watch and DSTAR

2010-09-06 Thread Ted Wrobel
Actually the DVSI 2020 chip is about $20 in quantity one from DVSI. Of course there are a few others chips and a little design required. 73 Ted W1GRI _ From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donald James Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Bit Rate?

2010-09-01 Thread Ted Wrobel
ounds better. How could this be achieved if not by bit rate? John --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com <mailto:dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com> , "Ted Wrobel" wrote: > > Hi John, > > Not quite sure what you are thinking,

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Bit Rate?

2010-08-31 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi John, Not quite sure what you are thinking, but here is a brief overview of the DStar data stream. The input to / output from the data processing 'module' of the radio is a 9600 Baud stream - which equates to roughly 960 eight bit characters per second. The logic of the system digitizes th

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Linking and Unlinking questions

2010-08-26 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi, When a repeater is linked to a reflector an internet connection is made and the local repeater will transmit over the air any data sent from the reflector. The repeater will send and data stream it hears to the reflector for retrnasmission by any other linked repeaters. The courtesy of anno

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Please help me support D-Star ...

2010-07-30 Thread Ted Wrobel
At the risk of drawing this into a flame war, it is my opinion that call sign routing is an idea whose time will never come in a public network. It suffers a fatal flaw in that is is entirely ignorant of remote repeater activity and thus prohibits any attemp at etiquette. Since there is no way to

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Help program D- star Ic- 880h

2010-07-26 Thread Ted Wrobel
As you will see in the manual the 880 can use either the OPC-478 or OPC-1529R cables. If you search the internet you can easily find the pinout for these serial cables and make your own if cost is a real issue. The cable is a very simple 3-wire hookup. Either cable will work with many USB to SERIA

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star!

2010-07-23 Thread Ted Wrobel
ssage- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Wrobel Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:15 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star! Donald, Maybe you don't need a repeater right away. T

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AZ commited to D-star!

2010-07-22 Thread Ted Wrobel
Donald, Maybe you don't need a repeater right away. Try simplex with your fellow Dstar hams. I've been working to promote simplex activity by having a simplex 'event' the second sunday of each month. We plan to kick this off on Aug 8,2010. See www.dstar-.org for more info on the Secon

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] D Star Contest

2010-06-23 Thread Ted Wrobel
You will have to find a repeater that does not run the DPlus software as that is prohibited by Icom. Also, no reflectors can be used. I think this will be a very skimpy contest. Simplex mostly. 73 Ted W1GRI _ From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com]

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Codec2 development - open source vocoder

2010-06-07 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi Anthony, Maybe I'm a little dense, but I don't see the connection between codec2 and cost. At around $20 for a complete, working, proven hardware solution using an apparently quite efficient codec algorythm, it is hard to see where the cost savings would come from. Let's assume you could rep

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] I would like to see

2010-06-07 Thread Ted Wrobel
The 92AD software does this. Rather than being a file-edit / upload,download form of program it actually controls the radio interactively. Very nice to use as a monitor while running a net too. Not sure about the 2820, but the id-880 does not put out much (like none) info at the data port unless

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: 145.67 D-STAR simplex (was: DStar Nets)

2010-06-04 Thread Ted Wrobel
Seems like the freq of choice up here in Rhode Island. Has been for a while. 73 Ted W1GRI _ From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jcoup...@aol.com Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 09:57 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITA

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Honest questions .....

2010-05-17 Thread Ted Wrobel
Nate, Take a deep breath, climb down off your high horse and find something else to do! You critical, repetitive comments add nothing to the group. If you dislike D-Star, or wish it was something else, why don't you go and create that something else? It is what it is, and it will always be w

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] No DSTAR in South Carolina or Georgia?

2010-05-04 Thread Ted Wrobel
Carl, A friend just updated his 92-AD with all known DStar repeaters. I have the .icf file if you can use it. Alternatively I can do exports for each bank and create .csv files. I think they can be inported into any of the ICOM radios. (i've moved stuff between 2200, 880, 92 without much effort)

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR communication

2010-04-06 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hello James, Well, as someone who runs a DStar net I would offer a couple of comments. First, I assume that since the net covers many miles it must be on a reflector. If you don't want to be connected to that reflector you might be able to unlink the local repeater from that reflector. The abil

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DV dongle QSO ham radio?

2010-03-27 Thread Ted Wrobel
All this reminds me of the discussion of remote-operated HF stations and the question of contest credits. Is it fair for two hams in Connecticut to 'compete' for DX awards if one of them is operating a remote station in the Rocky Mountains? Never heard a good solution to the situation and don't re

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Alternative D-STAR Equipment (Was: Looking for DSTAR MAP)

2010-03-17 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi Folks, No it isn't 'true'. The codec used is the one defined by the D-STAR spec. It is the DVSI AMBE codec and is, I am told, the same as that used in P25 systems. There are several non-Icom projects, like the DVDongle and the several 'non icom' repeater stacks running today. With NO Icom ge

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-88O

2010-03-15 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi All, Didn't notice this with the ID-880, but with the IC-2200 the software does not provide any DV settings until it has "read" the radio. If it reads a 2200 it modified the windows registry to indicate that radio. The registry can be modified (one entry) to make the software think it is dea

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Home repeater no longer exists on the network, what to do?

2010-02-26 Thread Ted Wrobel
You can register anywhere, does not have to be the same repeater. Just locate another place to register. 73 Ted W1GRI _ From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of enjoyit2day Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:30 To: dstar_digital@yahoogrou

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 2200H vs 880

2010-02-13 Thread Ted Wrobel
Hi Don, For what it's worth I got started on DStar with a 2200H loaner. Then I bought the 880. The difference in operating is significant (at least to me). The display is much better. On the 2200 you do not see the sending station info text like callsign. Seems like a small thing, but I really