[d-star] 1.2G Dstar Voice Just Say No

[Erik Jacobson]

> Might be a typo here- is D-Star 1.2 voice digital not FM?  It is still
> useless - you need expensive radios and duplexers to duplicate what we
> already have a lot of for free.   The high speed simplex data data part is
> what we need.

I have to remember who hosts the list -- data people :)  Since this is the
only collection of d-star folks I know of, I post all my ideas, thoughts,
and progress here except for things I have to keep in confidence.  I hope
that's ok with folks - but if I'm abusing the list or causing too much
traffic, let me know.

I'm excited to get 1.2ghz voice going too - so I'll proceed, but I understand
not everybody is interested in that.  It might be just a couple of us
d-star ID1 owners who use it at first.  That's ok with me - I just want to
get some neat stuff up and learn about it.

This project, to me, is more about putting something cool together and seeing
how it works.  It's been exciting for me so far (with some disruptions of
frustration :)  I've always been more about providing the service and putting
it together than being the biggest user of it - from my 1980s BBS sysop days 
to now :) :)

Can you honestly have a 1.2GHz repeater DV module sitting in a box without
putting it on the air?  I don't think so :)

PS: The cheap splitters don't always have much isolation.  That might be ok,
and I know some folks are using them.  I don't have personal experience to
know how much of an affect using a cheap splitter has on operations.

Erik