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Bookmark or Share- Codec2 - Open Source DSTAR Digital Voice | QRZ ForumsG4TUT/SK2022 Ham Member QRZ Page. Open source DSTAR voice - Codec2. Open source DSTAR voice - Codec2. The DSTAR protocol is open and freely available, developed by the Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL). However, the AMBE voice encoding scheme currently used by the DSTAR protocol is not open, rather it is patented by DVSI, Inc.
- Patty Loveless Talks Up CW - QRZ ForumsGuest. aa5ch writes "I was channel surfing this afternoon and came across an interview with country music star Patty Loveless in which she responded to a callers' question regarding ham radio. She stated that her father encouraged her to become a ham radio operator and recalled passing her code test, stating proudly that she "did quite well on it."
- Southeastern D-STAR Weather Net - QRZ ForumsThe Southeastern D-STAR Weather Net is currently in session on REF002A (REF004A as backup). All stations are asked to monitor the reflector to provide assistance if needed. All stations are reminded that there are a number of stations monitoring the reflector and that unnecessary traffic should be held to a minimum. Ed WA4YIH. WA4YIH, Sep 1, 2008.
- Ham Radio - The Advantage of DStar and DMR Modes | QRZ ForumsD-star and DMR modes rely on the efficiency of the Internet, offering Radio Hams Worldwide communication without the need for natural reflection and refraction of the transmitted signal via the Earth's Ionosphere. Handheld transceivers capable of Digital transmission are now freely available from many of the Ham Radio retailers.
- D-star Sstv - QRZ ForumsG4TUT/SK2022 Ham Member QRZ Page. D-STAR SSTV John GM7HHB has written an application to send SSTV type images or webcam captures over the digital data stream on D-STAR radios. Its currently in alpha, so it has a few bugs and features still to be implemented, but it's workable.
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