[NLRS] New Technology in Town

[Mike]

Gosh guys, I hadn't thought of that.  Just think, a nice slice 6 meg 
wide for FSATV on 2 meters.  Oops, the whole band isn't that big.  Ok 
Ok, just kidding, please don't shoot me.

They do have a setup already that just went up at 1298 I believe.  It is 
suppose to do 100kbs data as well as voice.

Just wanted to say hi to all since I haven't made it to breakfast lately,

Mike
KB0ozn


Phil Lefever wrote:

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>> They must be joking.  Isn't 90% of the band already enough for 
>> repeaters? How about they just keep the D-Star stuff within the 
>> existing repeater sub-bands?  This is something we in the amateur 
>> community truly don't need.
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> How about we put the D-Star stuff where we can spare some bandwidth?
> If the fast scan folks wanted to get on 2m I somehow doubt that anyone
> would allow that... How about we use this "new" technology to attempt to
> push some usage up onto the higher portions of the low microwave bands?
> In this case there is NO reason to push this onto to 2m as one really has
> to buy a new radio anyhow (yea I know you can get a card for some
> existing Icom radios).
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> Of course one thing to keep in mind, is how digital cell phones act. I 
> for
> one know I would rather stay analog. Not because I'm a luddite, but
> because I greatly prefer weak signal to _no_ signal...!
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> 73
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> PL
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> Phil Lefever    KBØNES                          Twin Cities Repeater Club
> kb0nes at tcrc.org                                 Burnsville,MN
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