We have a D-Star System up already, it's very interesting. I can't comment much about it right now, but I'll tell you how it works out in a few weeks. I've got some larger projects in process that have it on the side burner.
cheers skipp skipp025 at yahoo.com www.radiowrench.com > Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2004, at 4:57 PM, kf4vgx wrote: > > > D-Star information or Moder Repeaters > > http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/dstar/ > > And as that very website says: > "Although our D-STAR products are newly introduced, the D-STAR project > dates back to 1998." > > Anyone who hasn't seen D-STAR yet isn't paying much attention. So far, > it hasn't taken off because it's far too expensive for the Amateur > market. > > Asking end-users to pay over $1000 for a radio to access a public/open > D-STAR system when the manufacturers are falling over themselves trying > to stay below the $150 price-point on single band radios (at the > expense of quality, in many cases) just isn't going to happen. > > It'll require that a small group of hams with far too much money to > blow that also all happen to live in a certain area decide they want to > experiment with it -- and then a few systems will go up in those areas. > Then a few users who have money burning holes in their pockets will > join in also. > > No intent to harm Icom's plans, the technology's neat, the system looks > generally well-designed, but it's not going to sell very well... > > Nate WY0X Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
