this is becoming off topic for this group and isn't very productive. Please end it. I you don't want to use dstar, don't. It's that simple but i think there has been enough discussion already.
Thanks, Fran, W1FJM On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM, milkman <milkman21...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > 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 <dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.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 <dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.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. > > > > > > > >
