[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Has it been devoloped yet?

--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Ben Franske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Note that the original poster has a 2820! If he has the DV board for the > 2820 he already has an AMBE chip. What he's looking for in this case is > what has been called a "DSTAR Hotspot" or simplex DSTAR internet > gateway

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AMBE 2020 Price - $20

At 08:03 AM 11/26/2008, Erik Finskas wrote: >Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > > > > My notes also show that the PC "software" license is $25,000... > > > > 73, > > Gary KN4AQ > >Are you talking about the PC decoder software going for $25k, mentioned >here; >http://www.dvsinc.com/products/a2020.htm > >"No

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AMBE 2020 Price - $20

Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > > > At 11:27 PM 11/25/2008, "Bob McCormick W1QA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > >These chips are fairly inexpensive - I believe maybe as low as $20 each. > > It is $20 (as of last January). I interviewed DVSI Director of Sales Bob > Maher

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] AMBE 2020 Price - $20

At 11:27 PM 11/25/2008, "Bob McCormick W1QA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >These chips are fairly inexpensive - I believe maybe as low as $20 each. It is $20 (as of last January). I interviewed DVSI Director of Sales Bob Maher in researching my video documentary "Digital Voice for Amateur Radio.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Has it been devoloped yet?

Well that ends that... It looks like the patent for AMBE was applied for in 1997 and granted in 2001 (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6199037). This means we need to wait for either 9 or 13 years depending on when it actually expires, and I don't know enough about patent law to know if

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Has it been devoloped yet?

Jack wrote: > ... but was also looking to see if there was a software > solution to being able to listen / transmit on DS via a > PC as yet with out a dongle it is only a matter of time > till it is done Probably unlikely. The D-STAR architecture is open except for the fact that they utili