[amsat-bb] Re: D STAR

[Dominic Hawken]

On 11 Nov 2013, at 11:52, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:34:58AM +0000, Rob wrote:
>> It would benefit the amateur community more to get support behind
>> NON-PROPRIETARY OPEN PROTOCOLS and SYSTEMS like FreeDV, Speex and Codec2.
>> 
>> Why subject yourself to the "AMBE TAX" ???
>> 
> 
> Furthermore, if I want to use digital voice to talk to someone on the other side of the world, instead of buying an expensive DStar rig and hoping that the cobbled-together infrastructure holds up I'll just whip out my phone and enjoy the greater clarity and reliability of GSM.
> 
> I just don't see why having a locked-down proprietary system like DStar is good.  You might as well just use Skype, or mobile phones, or CB.

As far as I know, none of those work on AO-27

Dominic G6NQO.