[WARC] Re: WARC Digest, Vol 18, Issue 21

[Tom Wilmot]

Len & Erik

I will be at Ace Hardware at 2 p.m. Sunday.   Is there anything I should 
bring?

Tom
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>   1.  Trip to 146.835 Site Sunday Afternoon, 8/24/08 (Len Litvan)
>   2. Re:  Trip to 146.835 Site Sunday Afternoon, 8/24/08 (Erik Brom)
>   3.  D-Star (Erik Brom)
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> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:00:59 -0500
> From: Len Litvan <Litvan at acegroup.cc>
> Subject: [WARC] Trip to 146.835 Site Sunday Afternoon, 8/24/08
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> Hello All,
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> In discussion with Erik on Friday evening, we felt that Sunday afternoon
> would be a good time to try for the trip to the 146.835 site to install
> the new controller.  We discussed leaving about 2:00 PM.  Ace Hardware
> parking lot seems to be the usual jumping off place.
>
> Clare, would you be available to assist with the deviation adjustment
> feedback Sunday afternoon?
>
> Tom, Steve, and other interested parties, will this work for you?
> Feedback please.
>
> I can bring the wasp spray, broom, dustpan & trash bag.
>
> 73,
> Len
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> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:58:00 -0500
> From: "Erik Brom" <ewbrom at hbci.com>
> Subject: Re: [WARC] Trip to 146.835 Site Sunday Afternoon, 8/24/08
> To: Litvan at acegroup.cc, Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
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> Len,
> Clare will be available at that time.
>
> Erik
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> From:  Len Litvan <Litvan at acegroup.cc>
> Subj:  [WARC] Trip to 146.835 Site Sunday Afternoon, 8/24/08
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> Hello All,
>
> In discussion with Erik on Friday evening, we felt that Sunday afternoon
> would be a good time to try for the trip to the 146.835 site to install
> the new controller.  We discussed leaving about 2:00 PM.  Ace Hardware
> parking lot seems to be the usual jumping off place.
>
> Clare, would you be available to assist with the deviation adjustment
> feedback Sunday afternoon?
>
> Tom, Steve, and other interested parties, will this work for you?
> Feedback please.
>
> I can bring the wasp spray, broom, dustpan & trash bag.
>
> 73,
> Len
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> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:12:53 -0500
> From: Erik Brom <ewbrom at hbci.com>
> Subject: [WARC] D-Star
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> After Les's presentation Thursday, and remembering back to an early
> D-Star ad, I wondered if we could put a 1296 D-Star digital node at
> the KAGE site, and then interconnect it with D-Star Analog repeater
> modules (which I thought I remembered seeing).   So we could continue
> to run our existing FM systems, but interconnect them with the digital 
> network.
>
> Doing some surfing now, I was unable to turn up any D-Star analog
> repeater hardware, so its apparently not possible.
>
> I came across some other things though, such as references to
> proprietary software available (only) from Icom, the codec issue of
> course, and a single central server system that manages the linking
> between systems.
>
> All of this really bothers me, as not being "The Amateur Way".  It
> sounds to me more like we are buying a commercial system from a
> single manufacturer.  Contrast this to APRS.  The *protocol* is
> published, and there are a bunch of manufactures of hardware and
> software that support it, and lots of ways hams can set up new ways
> of using it.
>
> Although the technology and capabilities of D-star sound cool,
> something just isn't sitting right with me.  Am I right or
> wrong?  Can someone give me a better "warm & fuzzy" feeling about this?
>
> Erik
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