Chris, If only it were that easy. Too many hams are not about to add D-Star to their arsenal just yet. The cost is admitadly higher than analog, and it has a learning curve involved. For some reason buying a D-Star radio is just something they are not going to do, even though the D-Star radios also do analog FM just fine (including FM narrow). When you switch a repeater it forces the issue (no choice) and it seems that most hams will resist this like you were taking their radios away.
Dan Thompson d...@waycom.com > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 17:56:50 -0400 > "Daniel G. Thompson" <d...@waycom.com> wrote: > >> I agree with going after the paper repeaters, but I also have >> been involved in creative organization to accomodate all the >> new repeaters that have been established in the last three >> or four years. > > > What about working with analog owners to team up and replace those > repeaters? I'm not saying to replace every repeater in one area. > > Nashville is one such example. There are many analog repeaters in > Nashville but I'm not sure about D-Star ones. > > Of course if you replace a repeater that has a poor site (low or > blocked) then you've really not gained anything.
