-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-   
      
    -=> 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.   
      
    TL> Yeah, I've heard mixed reports about the DV4Mini.  DVMega does sound   
    TL> interesting, though the MMDVM gives the most options, like running a   
    TL> 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 digital 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 embrace it   
    TGF> either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)   
      
    TL> I like the digital evolution, only thing I find disappoint or   
    TL> frustrating is how it's been fragmented into many networks, both by   
    TL> protocol or history.  I just care about connectivity, while respecting   
    TL> the various boundaries.  That was the idea behind EchoIRLP many years   
    TL> ago, which I had a major input into the development of (much of the   
    TL> scripting, as well as the basic design, and liaison with the developer   
    TL> of thebridge)..  The MMDVM and other access technologies manage this to   
    TL> a fair extent, except that some of the specific criteria (e.g. Motorola   
    TL> repeaters on DMR-MARC) simply can't be met with homebrew equipment.   
      
   Well if people were not tying to make their own little kingdoms I don't   
   think we could call it ham radio! LOL I do agree that the whole   
   bickering about which network to be a part of is crazy. People just need   
   to learn how to get along and how to work together rather than try to   
   segregate the network. It's easier to just ignore them and let them do   
   their thing. We are seeing allot of them start to migrate away from   
   DMR-MARC and come over to the Brandmeister.network system. It really   
   just becomes an issue when there is not inter-connect between the two   
   systems.   
      
   I'm usually hanging out on Mountain West 31062 if you find yourself on   
   the DMR network.   
      
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