ital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of john_ke5c
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:35 PM
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Native D-STAR vs. DPLUS linking (was: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Signal
Distance)
> But to those of us who truly do wish to communicate
> But to those of us who truly do wish to communicate with an individual
> (as with those of us who are trained on AEDs), it is nice to have the
> capability when wanted/needed.
Oh I generally agree. I was just emphasizing how non sequltur the attempted
analogy with debfibrillators on airplane
john_ke5c wrote:
>>> Callsign routing to a long haul truck driver who is in range of a DStar
>>> repeater say 5% of the time, and whose whereabouts even then would be known
>>> only if he remembered to key up?
>>>
>> Well, that is like making the argument that there shouldn't be
>> defib
At 04:20 PM 5/18/2009, you wrote:
>You missed the whole point.
>
>You and Ed seem to advocate that DPLUS is the only legitimate way to
>talk across the D-STAR network and have at least alluded that you would
>like callsign routing banned. For those cases where it makes better
>sense, it is the rig
You missed the whole point.
You and Ed seem to advocate that DPLUS is the only legitimate way to
talk across the D-STAR network and have at least alluded that you would
like callsign routing banned. For those cases where it makes better
sense, it is the right solution, and it is part of the pr
> > Callsign routing to a long haul truck driver who is in range of a DStar
> > repeater say 5% of the time, and whose whereabouts even then would be known
> > only if he remembered to key up?
>
> Well, that is like making the argument that there shouldn't be defibrillators
> on airplanes beca
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "john_ke5c" wrote:
> Callsign routing to a long haul truck driver who is in range of a DStar
> repeater say 5% of the time, and whose whereabouts even then would be known
> only if he remembered to key up?
Well, that is like making the argument that there
> Source routing to an individual callsign (native D-STAR) has its purpose
> as well. If the station (callsign) that I want to talk to is attached
> to a traveler, say a long haul truck driver or a road warrior, then
> simply calling the station using callsign routing makes more sense.
Calls
D-PLUS Linking has its purpose, for wide area nets and if you know where
the station is that you want to talk to and the repeater they are using
is linked.
Source routing to an individual callsign (native D-STAR) has its purpose
as well. If the station (callsign) that I want to talk to is atta
