At 11:47 PM 4/7/2010, you wrote: >As to hitting the repeater, as someone else mentioned, it's just RF. >VHF/UHF frequencies are notorious for moving the radio 3 inches and >going from full quieting to no signal at all. Remember, the repeater >is probably running at least 20 watts out of an antenna with gain. >An HT runs a couple of watts out of an antenna with loss. HT >coverage of a repeater is ALWAYS significantly less than mobile coverage.
And multipath can do awful things to a digital signal, even when the signal strength is fine. I have lived in areas where the multipath was bad enough to cause phase distortion on FM signals. I'm sure if D-STAR existed back then, I'd have had enough R2D2 to supply the Rebel fleet! :) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
