Pete, I understand where you are coming from, and you are right to differentiate what is in the protocol. However, if you are looking for the one word answer, you can, from a practical point of view, send a "message" over D-STAR. It may require an external program like D- RATS, but it can be done. To say that the D-STAR bitstream does not carry messages, is false. The Icom extensions that put it on the display, or the GPS stuff, are just that, Icom extensions, but that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to send a "message" over D-STAR. No, it's not a packet protocol like AX.25, but you can embed "data/ text" in the D-STAR stream.
On Jan 26, 2009, at 4:04 AM, Peter Loveall wrote: > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "n0uyx" <n0...@...> wrote: > > > > [Moderator: Simple answer "Yes"] > > Actually, moderator, the simple answer is "no". The front > panel "message" is not a message but a comment that is repeated as > long as you are transmitting and is -not- passed to the Icom serial > port. It is also not part of the D-STAR protocol but an Icom > extended use of the data portion of the digital voice frame. > John Hays Amateur Radio: K7VE j...@hays.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
