[FADCA] Updated Melbourne W4MLB-10 Telpac Node

[Chuck Hast]

On 11/11/06, COMCAST.NET <W5TWR at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Bud,  Did you see all the stuff on D-Star?  This is precisely what I have
> been trying to get going here and around the adjoining counties.  What say
> you to moving this along?   73,  Ed

This is a big reason for getting all of these switches moved to Linux, it has
the power to handle voice streams.

Speaking of D-Star, there was also a piece about P-25, which is the sort
of 'open source' digital mode that is being promoted in the public safety
arena. Most of the radio manufacturers are starting to support it, and in-
deed I was sort of hoping instead of re-inventing the wheel (D-Star) we
would see P-25 picked up by the amateur community. It is digital it does
both voice and data and is broken into 12.5 or 6.25Khz channels, with
the 6.25Khz channels being a single voice channel, you agregate for
data and it also has trunking. Proper combination and you end up with
a nice efficient digital system that can allow for voice,data, and images
since in the end it is all data.

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."