[amsat-bb] Re: D STAR

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:34:58AM +0000, Rob wrote:

It would benefit the amateur community more to get support behind NON-PROPRIETARY OPEN PROTOCOLS and SYSTEMS like FreeDV, Speex and Codec2.

Why subject yourself to the "AMBE TAX" ???

Furthermore, if I want to use digital voice to talk to someone on the other side of the world, instead of buying an expensive DStar rig and hoping that the cobbled-together infrastructure holds up I'll just whip out my phone and enjoy the greater clarity and reliability of GSM.

I just don't see why having a locked-down proprietary system like DStar is good. You might as well just use Skype, or mobile phones, or CB.