Hahah.... Shaun, that was funny. :roll: :roll:
kg4icg said:By the way Dstars is FCC type accepted or HRO wouldn't be selling it.
KS4VT said:Icom is a little late in the game to be presenting a new digital protocol into the ham radio arena, especially if a club/organization was looking for a grant to procure a new repeater. DSTAR is not a recognized standard and wouldn't be acceptable just like Open Sky wouldn't be an acceptable protocol if a government agency was also looking for grant $.
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KS4VT said:Not mixing the issue and well aware that governments wouldn't be using DSTAR, it was probably the way I stated it that confused you. There are a lot of amateur clubs attempting to secure grants for replacement equipment and the Fed's would not grant one if it proposed DSTAR instead of APCO25.
grem467 said:hell in this area there are 3 ASTRO P25 ham repeaters:
444.275, IMBE and Analog
444.625, IMBE and Analog
147.315, IMBE and Analog..