Kay, Thanks for the clarifications, indeed, the second hand information that I have isn't always correct and I always want to make sure that I making correct statements.
It's good to hear that 440 MHz has finally surpassed the 1.2, because as well as I can remember, the first 20 or so repeaters deployed were 1.2 only and it seems as if there are still a half-dozen 1.2 only repeaters operation, but there's definitely more 440 only repeaters now! The limited number of repeaters concept really has more to do with the fact that you are on a separate trust server, and also the G1 gateway. It wasn't until Dayton 2 years ago, that the linkage between our systems existed, and linking still doesn't exist. I believe that people outside of Japan tend to expect that if they get on one of their repeaters that are linked and call CQ, then there are 500+ gateways around the world that is part of their "system" It is just as common for me to talk to someone in New York, as it as for me to talk to someone here in Atlanta. That's really the concept behind what I was talking about. And when we are talking number of repeaters, let's not leave out the UK with 40+ and Germany with 60+. We just need to figure out some way to get the JARL to let you come to G2 and install DPLUS and join the rest of the world. Ed WA4YIH From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JI1BQW Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:54 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: New guy Hi >it fits the way that Japanese Amateurs operate. They operate >different from us, I am not sure if we operate different from you. >things like nets just aren't done >over there (from my understanding). Users don't own >more than 1 radio, and the most common radio is probably the ID-1. There are lots of nets on other networks (like WiRES, EchoLink and IRLP), but not on D-STAR, you know why. In this sense, it does not necessarily fit the way we operate. Many of us own more than one D-STAR radio and the most common is 70cm. ID-1 is taken as a geek's gear. There are no 2m D-STAR repeaters here by the way. >They have a limited number of repeaters and a nationwide >standard channel configuration. They aren't really mobile, >they don't move between repeaters. A limited number of repeaters? Compared to the US, maybe. There are 57 D-STAR repeaters in the area a bit smaller than the state of California. It maybe true that we don't mobile much and move between repeaters. >And they are still on the first version of the gateway and unable >to link repeaters together. Sadly true. It's shame that ICOM did not consider net/reflector capability into their gateway (not even in the version 2). >They also do make use of the zone feature in Japan and in some cases >have the very expensive 10Gbps links in place. There are 3 zones today. I don't see any reason why people want this. Unlikely to see more. 73, -- JI1BQW - Kay Ishikawa
