Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey & Rochelle wrote: > As for D-Star, ICOM is the maker, don't believe Yaesu has anything in their > line-up, same for Kenwood (except the rebrand). I am a Kenwood man and so far > I have resisted going to D-Star until I see what the other makes bring out. > If D-Star was so good WHY haven't the other brands made and sold them?
I would guess that D-Star is the intellectual property right of Icom, so if other manufacturers want to use it they would have to pay Icom for the right to do so. I can't see many manufacturers wanting to tie their future development to a competitor by including something that the competitor controlled... There is an alternative that implements D-Star which uses a dongle unit into the PC to interface other radios, but it isn't cheap. I guess that could be due to rights payments as well? Personally, and I am a bit of a sucker for strange new modes, I can't see what D-Star would give me that I need or want at present. Even digital audio over Amateur bands seems to have more down sides than up to me. Dave (G0DJA) ------------------------------------ Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
