-=> Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    TL> I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.   
      
    TGF> The DV4Mini's are okay, but the real fun power comes with the DVMega.   
    TGF> The DV4Mini's seem to bee too cranky for me. I wrote a few python   
    TGF> scripts for the DVMega's that allows you to connect a USB GPS unit to   
    TGF> the Raspberry PI and then beacon your location out APRS network. This   
    TGF> is something you can't do with the DV4Mini that I know of.   
      
   Yeah, I've heard mixed reports about the DV4Mini.  DVMega does sound   
   interesting, though the MMDVM gives the most options, like running a full blown   
   multimode gateway.   
      
    BS> I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.   
      
    TL> That, I can do by various means. :)   
      
    TGF> In general it's been really interesting to see how much the digial mode   
    TGF> has sparked interest in hams to start experimenting again which is a   
    TGF> nice change. Then again there are some that don't want to embrase it   
    TGF> either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)   
      
   I like the digital evolution, only thing I find disappoint or frustrating is   
   how it's been fragmented into many networks, both by protocol or history.  I   
   just care about connectivity, while respecting the various boundaries.  That   
   was the idea behind EchoIRLP many years ago, which I had a major input into the   
   development of (much of the scripting, as well as the basic design, and liaison   
   with the developer of thebridge)..  The MMDVM and other access technologies   
   manage this to a fair extent, except that some of the specific criteria (e.g.   
   Motorola repeaters on DMR-MARC) simply can't be met with homebrew equipment.   
      
      
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