[OZAPRS] IC-2820h

[Zik Saleeba]

Doesn't D-STAR stand for "Digital Smart Technologies for
_Amateur_Radio_"? It was designed by the Japan Amateur Radio League.
In what way is this not an amateur radio? Have a look at the wikipedia
page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-STAR

It sounds really interesting to me - it looks like it offers a whole
lot of new possibilties for amateurs. I can't quite see why you're
slamming it.

Cheers,
Zik VK3MHZ

On 6/17/07, Darryl Smith <Darryl at radio-active.net.au> wrote:
> Simply put they do not do APRS according to the Web Sites I have seen.
They
> do D-PRS, which is based on the D-STAR protocol. My recommendation is
that
> there are no members on this list who should be touching a D-STAR radio,
me
> included.
>
> D-STAR is *NOT* Amateur Radio. D-Star is Professional Radio for people
using
> Amateur Radio frequencies. It is designed for the NGO market - that is,
the
> Red Cross. It is designed to be a radio that can provide advanced
> capabilities regardless of cost for organizations who use ham
frequencies
> mostly for emergency type use. There have been reports about Icom
wanting to
> release the D-Star range in this country. This might be the first D-Star
> compatible radio released here...
>
> Darryl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of vk7arn
> Sent: Sunday, 17 June 2007 3:08 PM
> To: OzAPRS
> Subject: [OZAPRS] IC-2820h
>
> Anybody know anything of the APRS capability of these new dudes?
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