[Elecraft] D-Star

[Matthew Pitts]

Leaving aside the proprietary codec, much of the specification has been implemented as open source software; for those that don't like the codec, there is work progressing on a replacement, which I am following closely. For what it's worth, this is the second time today I've had this debate, and hopefully I'm making sense about it.

Matthew Pitts
N8OHU




>________________________________
> From: Sandy <ebjr37 at charter.net>
>To: don at w3fpr.com; Greg Troxel <gdt at work.lexort.com> 
>Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] D-Star
> 
>Amen, amen!  Ditto for the Proprietery PACTOR III !!!!  Or anything else 
>"Proprietary" PERIOD!
>
>This isn't what ham radio is all about!  Can't agree with you more Don!
>
>73,
>
>Sandy W5TVW
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Don Wilhelm
>Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:42 PM
>To: Greg Troxel
>Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] D-Star
>
>I agree fully, despite the article in the May issue of QST which glosses
>over the proprietary nature of D-Star.
>
>I am opposed to the use of proprietary protocols in ham radio.  Ham
>radio to me is free radio.  I have passed my license requirements, and
>should be able to use whatever modulation techniques are authorized by
>the FCC.  The thought of paying for a license (even though that payment
>may be bundled with a transceiver purchase) is foreign to my views of
>ham radio.
>
>Certainly, I buy computers with Windows loaded, but I do not buy Icom
>transceivers with D-Star loaded.  That is what is foreign to my view of
>ham radio.
>
>Until someone comes up with an open source and free to use substitute
>for the AMBE Codec that is owned by Digital Voice Systems, Inc., I will
>not be using D-Star.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
>On 4/28/2012 9:17 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> I would hope that Elecraft would not add D-Star support; I think it's
>> against the spirit of amateur radio, and particularly contrary to the
>> kit culture, to have an on-air specification that an individual amateur
>> is precluded from implementing without obtaining a patent license.
>>
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