I finnally got a chance to listen to a D-Star transmission. I came to the conclusion that D-Star sucks on paper as well as in practice. Sure, It saves bandwidth, but is it really worth the effort? Look at how well that practice has worked for the cellular industry.
It might not be so bad if it wasn't for the vocoder, But if I wan't to listen to a 'Speak And Spell' (tm) I will go to a thrift store or interact with the my vintage RC-850 repeater controller.
