Hi List, --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Bosshard (NU5D)" <bossh...@...> wrote: > Unfortunately many have forgotten how to use DSTAR without DPLUS linking.
Acknowledge to what Steve said. I think many users are confused or not aware of that there are two different modes of operation on D-STAR in general: 1. the callsign routing mechanism of the original D-STAR development and 2. linking repeaters and reflectors with the 3rd party tool dplus. Another sad side effect of this are users using the 1. method out of a gateway connected to a reflector (e.g.), to call someone else not in this virtual cloud. Then all listeners connected to the reflector hear operator A calling, but they do not hear the answer of operator B. And then I see users in my dplus.log (on the gateways I operate), who are talking locally or via reflector connection, but have a useless callsign in UR, sometime even to another repeater, which is not involved into the conversation. That causes needless traffic and irritations, too. But okay - nothing is perfect. Let's have fun even so. :-) 73 de Reiner, dh9fax DB0HRF & DB0WK
