[Dstar] TO THE LIST MODERATOR

[Tony Langdon]

At 01:03 PM 9/2/2008, you wrote:
>e moderator has sent put his message.  Seems that Richard's no reply 
>to VK8FAAB was necessary to find out what was happening with the so 
>called result with Melbourne's D-Star  B repeater linked up to and 
>taking valuable bandwidth for this test emergency was totally 
>inexcusable and took up valuable bandwidth that would be needed in 
>an real emergency from an organization that is totally outside of 
>the affected area. Do you think FEMA and or other emergency services 
>(police, the military etc.) would be taking reports from an unknown 
>VK3 source and not someone locally from the affected area? The 
>question was asked what actually did Melbourne B repeater actually do

Actually John, check your facts before posting.  Non US stations have 
been an integral part of some nets for some time - as valuable 
relays, especially when propagation favours oddball paths (obviously, 
this is not the case for D-STAR), and now, to take advantage of the 
different time zones (possible to do this reliably since the advent of IRLP).

There's also certain aspects of operation the US can teach us about 
that's not being done here.  I was giving, no, more correctly, 
facilitating (the presenter was in the US), a presentation at a 
weather conference about the Skywarn program in Southern New England, 
to give those present - a mix of weather enthusiasts and BoM 
employees, with the occasional amateur thrown in, a glimpse of what's 
possible without spending much money.

Ironically, they wouldn't be as efficient without some input from 
this side of the planet into the infrastructure, but that's another story! ;)

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