john_ke5c wrote:
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> > Of course, it's infrequent that you have two very comparable systems to
> > compare to, but we were lucky. As with most mobile radio applications,
> > while you can model performance, the real test is in how it performs
> > when you're out there. Note that the 10% va
> Of course, it's infrequent that you have two very comparable systems to
> compare to, but we were lucky. As with most mobile radio applications,
> while you can model performance, the real test is in how it performs
> when you're out there. Note that the 10% value is consistent with the
> pre
We did some comparison tests with comparable repeaters on comparable
antennas on the same site, in Dallas, TX, a couple of years ago.
Consistently, we were able to communicate via DStar about 10% farther
than via analog. This was consistent in all tested directions, and for a
variety of mobile
