Re: work on d-star clone?
Tnx for the replies. I appreciate the information. It has been
reported on the 14567.org that the vodec is not used on the pure data
mode. Is that true?
73 Clare
de K0NY
> > I've not seen anything on D-STAR except ICOM gear. While the protocol
> > is open, I understand that the vocoder chip ICOM uses is a proprietary
> > off the shelf item. While the chips may be available to the
> > experimenter, I've read of concerns of there not being a second source
> > for the chips.
>
> There are worse concerns than that. Overloading identification data
> (needed for regulatory reasons) for routing purposes, extremely limited
> callsigns (if you're an Aussie with a four letter callsign suffix, no
> D-Star for you...), one radio per callsign (can you say lots of
> technically illicit club calls under US regs?), network size limitations
> that could hail from the 70s, the undocumented nature of the supporting
> protocol for internet linking and services, no software codecs without
> NDA and $kilobucks, etc. PLEASE WILL THE RF FOLKS GET SOME HELP FROM
> THE DIGITAL FOLKS WHEN DESIGNING THIS STUFF?
>
> High speed data ain't == D-Star, and I personally hope something
> sensible comes along.
>
> KB8ZQZ
>
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