RadioBanter - View Single Post - BREAKING NEWS: NFCC VOTES TO RECOMMEND FCC TREAT ALLREPEATERS AS REPEATERS

Klystron · September 25th 07, 04:50 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated

(Dave Platt) wrote:

There's been some mention, recently, of the fact that some
coordinating groups have been treating D*Star digital repeaters
differently.

Because of the fact that such repeaters use a packet-based
transmission technology which receives each packet and validates it
before retransmitting it, there are people who feel that such systems
are more like AX.25 "store and forward" packet nodes / digipeaters
than they are like FM-voice repeaters. The fact that D*Star can also
be used to carry some fairly high-bandwidth data seems to contribute
to this feeling, as well.
[...]

What are the pros and cons of such a policy? Does it seem like an
attempt to hinder the spread of D-Star or is it more likely to benefit
D-Star?

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Klystron