I am looking at upgrading my HAM setup and was trying to educate myself on Digital Modes
There are 3, D-STAR, DMR and Fusion. There is no single standard
ICOM and Kenwood make radios for D-STAR. Yaesue makes the Fusion system and DMR is more widely used
It wasnt clear to me what this mode does vs what one to get when buying a radio. It looks like Digital quality communication and high speed Data and voice communications. After reseraching and finding the links below some things are not clear to me
1) Is this mode for repeaters only or will it improve communication in simplex between two radios running the same system?
This article was helpful. No real winner here. From what I read I could easily pick the Fusion. Seemed to me D-STAR or Fusion and thats back to the Kenwood and Yaesu
http://www.mikemyers.me/blog/2016/2/19/d-star-dmr-fusion-which-is-right-for-you-7nhdl
also very few repeaters of either type (use special modes)
https://www.repeaterbook.com/index.php
This seems to be banking on wider use in the future
here is a good write-up on System Fusion
https://systemfusion.yaesu.com/what-is-system-fusion/
So without a repeater and say you are stuck 4 hours to the south in a snow storm, would this provide any benefit?
There are 3, D-STAR, DMR and Fusion. There is no single standard
ICOM and Kenwood make radios for D-STAR. Yaesue makes the Fusion system and DMR is more widely used
It wasnt clear to me what this mode does vs what one to get when buying a radio. It looks like Digital quality communication and high speed Data and voice communications. After reseraching and finding the links below some things are not clear to me
1) Is this mode for repeaters only or will it improve communication in simplex between two radios running the same system?
This article was helpful. No real winner here. From what I read I could easily pick the Fusion. Seemed to me D-STAR or Fusion and thats back to the Kenwood and Yaesu
http://www.mikemyers.me/blog/2016/2/19/d-star-dmr-fusion-which-is-right-for-you-7nhdl
also very few repeaters of either type (use special modes)
https://www.repeaterbook.com/index.php
This seems to be banking on wider use in the future
here is a good write-up on System Fusion
https://systemfusion.yaesu.com/what-is-system-fusion/
So without a repeater and say you are stuck 4 hours to the south in a snow storm, would this provide any benefit?