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Digital
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 Digital Voice is
here, a
quiet little revolution in Amateur Radio. Will it replace SSB (and FM)
the way
SSB replaced AM? Some people think so. Some are afraid it will! This program will
introduce you most of the flavors of Digital Voice currently
in use in Amateur Radio: D-STAR and P-25 on VHF/UHF; and AOR, WinDRM
and DRM-DV* on HF, with a sample of the brand new FDMDV. You'll hear
what they sound like, see how they operate, and be ready for... the
future. I traveled to
Dallas, Alabama, Chicago, St. Louis,
Washington DC, and, of course, Dayton for interviews and demonstrations
from the hams
who are on the leading edge of this new technology.The complete program runs about an hour. That's a little long for some club meetings, so I've broken it up into two main segments, plus an introduction (all on one DVD):
6/13/08 Update: the program will say that D-STAR repeaters can't be linked the way IRLP/Echolink can. That is no longer true! New G-2 Gateway software, and an add-on program called DPLUS, add linking and reflector capability. D-STAR users and repeaters are now happily linking and reflecting away! *7/24/08 Update: The Windows based DV programs - WinDRM, DRMDV, and FDMDV were briefly pulled from distribution due to a licensing issue with the codec. WinDRM and FDMDV are back with a new, open-source codec. DRMDV, little used after the better FDMDV was released, has been dropped.
 Also, QST has given me permission to post a PDF version of my article "Operating D-STAR", published in September, 2007. You can download the PDF here. This article is © ARRL – you may download it, and link to this download, but please don't put it on your own web site or distribute it. I can't re-print it here, but I've also written the revised VHF/UHF FM-Digital chapter in the new ARRL Operating Manual. |
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