Re: D-STAR simplex node?

RT wrote:
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>> How come all the D-STAR nodes are repeaters and there are no simplex
>> nodes?
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> Why not ask on the DStar-UK forum ?

Turns out the question has already been asked there, with only one reply
basically stating "Yes, I'd like to do that too".

> Simplex nodes are all very well, but they are very inefficient. Too many
> times a low powered user on a hand held has been transmitted over by a
> base station further away who could only hear the link and not the low
> powered user and thought the link wasn't in use, asking if the frequency
> is clear doesn't always work in the case of simplex nodes.

Good point, but I think that scenario is less relevant here than in many
places as the coverage area is small with a sharp cutoff due to local
terrain (everyone within coverage should be able to hear everyone else),
and the population within the coverage area is low.

> BTW, DStar isn't Echolink or IRLP.

Nobody said it was, although my references to Echolink do seem to
confuse people. I merely mention it to illustrate the concept of a cheap
and simple link that anyone can set up, as opposed to the greater
investment of time and effort (and money) that goes into setting up a
repeater.
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