[arm-allstar] Any updates on the IRLP channel front?

[Doug Crompton]

I totally agree with Dave about digital RF. It is a technology being pushed
down the throats of hams through slick advertising and also the fact that a
lot of hams will try or buy anything new. Also giving away repeaters (if
you want to call them that) gets the addiction going. Once people invest
big money in things they usually don't want to give it up or admit it was a
mistake.

I for one do not want to see Allstar's great audio tainted by any of the
digital RF. We have a great system and making it better which we are doing
is the way to go. Most hams that I know that have tried digital have either
gotten rid of the radio or use it only on analog.

In any event this discussion was about IRLP which is another good audio
quality system albeit lacking in many other features. All of our current
VOIP connection systems Echolink, IRLP, Allstar when setup properly have
superior audio quality compared to any digital mode. Even the commercial
digital users complain about the audio quality that often gets in the way
of understanding important messages.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 10:52 PM, "David McGough via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> Steve,
>
> I've spent a fair amount of time playing with DMR, the various
> incarnations of the AMBE/IMBE CODEC, etc.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't think I'll EVER acquire a taste for the crummy
> audio quality afforded by such narrow bandwidth--at least with the
> currently available radios. To me, they're stressful to listen to....And,
> I've got a decent "HF" DX-listening ear, so to speak!
>
> As hams, we have the distinct ADVANTAGE of still being able to use
> wide-band FM on VHF and UHF. So, my argument is to work hard on furthering
> the state-of-art on this "legacy" mode.
>
> Once a narrow digital mode comes along where I can tell reliably who is
> talking without requiring looking at the callsign on the radio display, I
> may consider reevaluation of this opinion.
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
>
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, "Steve via arm-allstar" wrote:
>
> > In my opinion, the time/effort would be better spent trying to tie in
> the various digital systems (DMR/D-Star/YSF, etc)
> >
> > There are various efforts, but I suspect it's a matter of everyone
> putting their heads together:
> >
> > http://lists.keekles.org/pipermail/allstar-digital/
> >
> > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xlxd-star/
> conversations/messages/2240
> >
> > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/op25-dev/conversations/messages/1703
> >
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