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Phil Kane wrote:
The State of Oregon is putting out six figures to provide for a D-Star
EMCOMM network and a Pactor network.

No, they are not. The ICOM radios can have the D-Star option added at
local expense. Neither the 2820 nor the 2200 have D-Star built in. There
certainly is no D-Star repeater support.

Pactor is fine - my setup works at minimal cost- as long as it's
Pactor I. The cost of the proprietary modem for Pactor II and III is
in the high three figures if not four by now with the falling dollar.

The pactor is intended primarilly for county to state communication, not
user to user.