There is no question Dplus makes contacts possible for more people, in
large due to the obtuse nature of setting up radios that you likened to
MSDOS vs Windows as a user interface in an earlier post. Many average
hams find setting up a radio and using the features of say, and IC91,
far too
Steve is correct. It has more to do with the user interface than with
the protocol(s) involved. One of the problems with D-STAR (and amateur
radio design in general) is that radios are designed by engineers,
usually without any benefit of a user interaction designer. The
popularity of the
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] Em
nome de John D. Hays
Enviada em: Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:39 PM
Para: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Assunto: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Native D-STAR vs. DPLUS linking
It has more to do with the user interface than with
the protocol(s) involved.
At 05:43 AM 5/18/2009, you wrote:
DSTAR continues to emerge. That said, I believe the long range solution
to more fully utilize DSTAR lies in a sensible user interface that
integrates all of the features of DSTAR (G2 and Dplus) in a user
friendly format. Also making system statue available on