‰  NOW 25 WPM  ‰  TEXT IS FROM SEPBEMBER 2007 QST  PAGES 30, 31 AND 100  ‰
REPEATER COVERAGE IS REPORTED TO BE JUST A LITTLE BETTER WITH D STAR THAN
WERE USED TO, THANKS TO THE NARROWER BANDWIDTH.  IVE HEARD NUMBERS RANGING
FROM 10 TO 25 BETTER, ALTHOUGH THE SAME HAMS WHO MAKE THOSE REPORTS ALSO
SAY THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COPY A VERY WEAK, VERY NOISY ANALOG SIGNAL
BELOW THE LEVEL THAT A D STAR SIGNAL JUST DISAPPEARS.  THERE ARE A FEW
OTHER THINGS MISSING FROM YOUR FAMILIAR REPEATER EXPERIENCE, AT LEAST WITH
THE CURRENT CROP OF REPEATER EQUIPMENT AND CONTROLLERS BEING SOLD BY ICOM.
NO SQUELCH TAILS.  NO HANG TIME JUST A QUICK BURST OF DATA FROM THE
REPEATER THAT YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR S METER WHEN YOU LET GO OF YOUR PUSH TO
TALK PTT SWITCH.  NO COURTESY BEEPS THOUGH THERE IS A BEEP OF SORTS
GENERATED BY YOUR RADIO THAT YOU HEAR AT THE END OF A TRANSMISSION
SOMETIMES.  NO AUTOPATCH.  ICOMS CONTROLLER HAS NO PROVISION FOR MORSE TONE
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CX2CB/336 DF3IS/332 DJ3TF/339 DJ5GG/357 DJ5LE/342 DK3PO/356 DK7YY/336
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