--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, e_l_green ki6...@... wrote:
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, n9aa scott.manthe@ wrote:
Reduce the $$$ barrier? The D-Star chip costs about $25. No one is going to
be able to manufacture an open source vocoder chip for less than that.
Agreed.
If we want to drive down costs to help entice other potential manufactures lets
start with open documentation of all the repeater network protocols. A few
hams have reverse engineered these parts of the system.
Yes I know those details aren't essential for a manufacture to build a radio,
as
Well my county isn't even trunked. My city is analog trunked. My county still
uses 2 GHz analog links between VHF receive sites.
Yes the dynamic of American business has a large impact on how we as hams are
lagging or leading the way.
Garry is right, now it's mega-million research labs
