Everything Ham Radio Podcast

Hello everybody and welcome to the first "normal" episode of the Everything Hamradio Podcast. In this episode we are talking about DStar DStar Some of the questions that we talk about in this episode are: What is DStar? What are the differences between Digital and Analog Pros Quality of Audio Other information beside just your voice being transmitted. You Call sign, location and possible other things go out every time you transmit as well. Can download all the repeaters in the US and put into your radio. Radio can find repeaters that are close to you Repeaters often connected to the internet Cons From the outside looking in, DStar seems to have a steep learning curve Analog radios can not talk on DStar repeaters DStar can easily cover a large area because you can link together multiple repeaters in the area over the internet or if installed over a 1.2 or 2.4 GHz link. Original cost of radios were high but has recently come down and is nearly in line with other radios. We talk about the different ra