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<DIV>This is going off topic... the packaged D-STAR repeaters are terrible and
have a 1uV receive sensitivity. Only by adding a preamp can one improve. But
they also have poor adjacent channel selectivity. Adding a preamp only adds to a
problem. With this aside:</DIV>
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<DIV>We need a quick and easy bridge to D-STAR. We had a user one night hold his
microphone up to his D-STAR rig and went back and forth linking it over our 2m
repeater. It was a hit on both sides! Our users loved talking with New Zealand
and vice versa.</DIV>
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<DIV>I need a bridge to IRLP. Are there instructions anywhere? I realize that
Mr. Cameron is opposed to this but well... unlike his begging for donations to
pay for his massive web hosting services that are nothing more than a single
dedicated server we are happy to put our own dedicated server online in our own
data center. But I need to know how to create the bridge.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Lastly, I’d like a bridge to HF. We would replace
the RF squelch circuit on the HF rig with a MICOR-like hysteresis type. But
users have expressed a desire to have a periodic net.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Are these possible bridges?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>R. Wayne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=n8ohu@yahoo.com
href="mailto:n8ohu@yahoo.com">Matthew Pitts</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 04, 2015 7:50 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=arm-allstar@hamvoip.org
href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">ARM Allstar</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar and
how?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>I
would like to point out that the specifications for both are available and in
the case of D-STAR there are functional options that can be used with any radio
to create both a repeater and an end user radio, plus there are other radios in
development that will support it. I will also point out that some folks take the
"experimentation" part of ham radio seriously and that we accept that not
everyone will want to use our systems because of that.<BR><BR>Matthew
Pitts<BR>N8OHU<BR>AllStar nodes 28713, 28910, 28912, 28913<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On May 4, 2015 8:08:18 PM EDT, Fred Moore
<fred@fmeco.com> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Can
you imagine what would have happened to SSB if back in the 60'es you could
only get it from one vendor.. ?? <BR>Good comment Doug.. you expressed
my feelings exactly... Fred<BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 5/4/15 7:55 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:BLU171-W2671E21C1F8106558A1371BAD20@phx.gbl
type="cite"><DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma,sans-serif>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.<BR id=FontBreak></FONT><BR><FONT face=Tahoma,sans-serif>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.</FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma,sans-serif> You can get good clean Allstar audio but there is
nothing you can do with poor digital audio</FONT>.<BR><BR><B><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>73 Doug</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"
size=4><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>WA3DSP</FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"
size=4><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</A></FONT></B><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4><BR></FONT><BR><BR>
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From: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:k8it@cac.net">k8it@cac.net</A><BR>To: <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</A><BR>Date:
Mon, 4 May 2015 19:04:33 -0400<BR>Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] has anybody
bridged dstar to allstar and how?<BR><BR>
<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>73 neil k8it</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:doug@crompton.com CTRL + Click to follow
link"
href="mailto:doug@crompton.com" moz-do-not-send="true">Doug Crompton</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 04, 2015 6:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=arm-allstar@hamvoip.org
href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" moz-do-not-send="true">ARM Allstar</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged dstar to allstar
and how?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma,sans-serif>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.<BR
id=ecxFontBreak></FONT><BR><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>73
Doug</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4><BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>WA3DSP</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"
size=4><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</A></FONT></B><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4><BR></FONT><BR><BR>
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From: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:k8it@cac.net">k8it@cac.net</A><BR>To: <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</A><BR>Date:
Mon, 4 May 2015 16:53:11 -0400<BR>Subject: [arm-allstar] has anybody bridged
dstar to allstar and how?<BR><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I have a beagle bone black, uri running asterisk
v1.2.1</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>thanks 73 neil k8it</FONT></DIV>
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