I have found a few here with very helpful info. But a few others must have rocks for brains. READ EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID BY ME ROCKY! Or can you understand everything that you read? It not maybe you shouldn't say anything at all.
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "milkman" <milkman21...@...> wrote: > > Brian if you read what I said then maybe you and a few others wouldn't said > your dumb comments. Go back and read it. You live in another country. Not in > America. > > But Ed I do thank very much for you > openning my eyes to just how worthless D-Star is for most of us living here in > America. Thanks everyone for helping find out that D-Star is not for everyone. > > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Brian Mury <ve7ngr@> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 13:45 +0000, milkman wrote: > > > Everyone in America does not live in a D-Star hotspot. So that makes > > > it worthless. I give up! > > > > Everyone in America does not live where highspeed internet access is > > availabe. So that makes highspeed internet access worthless. I am going > > to call my cable company and cancel my highspeed internet. > > > > Everyone in America does not live in an area with cell phone coverage. > > So that makes cell phones worthless. I am going to call my telco and > > cancel my cell phone account. > > > > Everyone in America does not live where they can put up HF antennas. So > > that makes HF worthless. I am going to sell my HF radios. > > > > What a ridiculous thing to say! > > > > You are talking about a mode that has been around for 5 years or so, and > > complaining that it has fewer repeaters and fewer users than a mode that > > has been around for what - 50 years or more? And you are not only > > surprised by this, but upset by it? And somehow this is DSTARs fault, > > and makes DSTAR worthless? > > > > I'm sorry you feel robbed and lied to, but information about both DSTAR > > itself and the current state of the DSTAR network is readily available. > > It is nobody's fault but yours if you didn't do your research before > > buying. This is a hobby, by the way - nobody owes it to you to spend > > their time and money to provide you with the system that you think you > > are entitled to. > > > > While you stated that you were here to ask questions and to learn, your > > posts sound more like you came here to stir the pot. If you don't like > > DSTAR, or a new and still-growing mode does not meet your needs - then > > don't use it! The rest of us are having a lot of fun with it. > > >
