Couple of big differences between D-Star, IRLP and Echolink: With Echolink, any licensed amateur with a soundcard-equipped computer and an internet connection can connect to an Echolink-enabled repeater. With IRLP and D-Star, you can only establish a connection between repeaters over the air - there is no access from the internet side. And for now, only an Icom D-Star radio can connect to a D-Star repeater (yes, I know about the "dongle", but it's not commercially available yet nor easily replicated), while any rig with a touchtone pad can dial up an IRLP link.
George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wide Area Coverage > Steve, > > I think this is what is misunderstood by most repeater owners and users is > that D-Star has set up a system that is not only digital voice, but a > gateway for interconnecting them for those who wish to connect into the > system. > > It is more like analog repeaters connected into a chat IRLP or Echolink, > but with better full duplex connectivity. > > My interest in D-Star is the digital voice. From a number of commercial > and Ham users it seems digital has a much more fad/multi-path problem. > Know the world is going digital, but for mobile applications seems to have > some problems. For fixed got the path digital offers a lot. > > 73, ron, n9ee/r
