[arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar and how?

[Fred Moore]

Can you imagine what would have happened to SSB if back in the 60'es you
could only get it from one vendor.. ?? 
Good comment Doug.. you expressed my feelings exactly...  Fred

On 5/4/15 7:55 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:
> Neil, just my opinion. I didn't mean to offend anyone. It is certainly
> alright to ask. I was just pointing out that the current VHF/UHF
> digital modes IMHO stink and hams are being sold a bill of goods by
> the retailers. On the other hand it is always good to know the
> technical side so I will sit back and listen.
>
> As for Allstar there are a couple of key things on audio quality. One
> is the fact that usbradio can and often does have serious problems
> with distorted audio. As long as you are using simpleusb which most if
> not all BBB and RPi2 user are the considerations are levels and
> equalization (needing pre/deemphasis). Often a new user needs help
> with this and we need to offer that.You can get good clean Allstar
> audio but there is nothing you can do with poor digital audio.
>
> *73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
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> From: k8it at cac.net
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 19:04:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar and how?
>
> Sorry Doug. I thought I was asking a technical question not a
> political question. I have heard dstar repeaters with good and bad
> audio as well. the allstar codec seems to be one of the best however
> there are some nodes with there levels way off and sound awful. anyway
> I was asking from a tech side not a political side. I did not realize
> this was a sensitive topic
>  
> 73 neil k8it
>  
>
> *From:* Doug Crompton <mailto:doug at crompton.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 04, 2015 6:20 PM
> *To:* ARM Allstar <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar and how?
>
> Anything can be bridged to anything else in numerous ways but I was
> wondering why you would want to mess up our wonderful Allstar audio
> with crappy Dstar audio? Personally I don't want to hear any of the
> current amateur digital audio on Allstar. A circuit is only as good as
> its worst audio! That being said you can do anything you want but if I
> hear that kind of audio on any circuit I maintain I would disconnect
> it unless it is an emergency.
>
> *73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: k8it at cac.net
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 16:53:11 -0400
> Subject: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar and how?
>
> I have a beagle bone black, uri running asterisk v1.2.1
>  
> what is the easiest way to bridge to dstar? we do not have any local
> dstar repeaters so I am thinking about a dstar dongle or modem but how
> to interface it to asterisk v1.2.1?
>  
> thanks  73  neil  k8it
>  
>  
>
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