I'm a pretty inexperienced station operator. I've spent a little bit of time on local 144 and 440 repeaters, but stepped away from the hobby for a while and thinking about getting back in.
The digital modes are interesting to me, especially digital voice. What I'm wondering about is whether it is possible to use a PC or smartphone to "drive" a regular mobile or HT radio having the phone do the digital mode and then using the radio to TX and RX. As I understand it APRS can work this way, with a TNC connecting the radio and the PC or phone. Can I do DMR, D-Star, Fusion, or other digital voice modes this way? If not, why? Is there something about the mode that isn't just "encoding a signal, send"?
Thanks for helping me understand what's going on here.
The digital modes are interesting to me, especially digital voice. What I'm wondering about is whether it is possible to use a PC or smartphone to "drive" a regular mobile or HT radio having the phone do the digital mode and then using the radio to TX and RX. As I understand it APRS can work this way, with a TNC connecting the radio and the PC or phone. Can I do DMR, D-Star, Fusion, or other digital voice modes this way? If not, why? Is there something about the mode that isn't just "encoding a signal, send"?
Thanks for helping me understand what's going on here.