VX-8R Symbol/SSID (Was Re: [aprssig] Yaesu VX-8R)
Stephen H. Smith
wa8lmf2 at aol.com
Tue May 20 17:14:12 EDT 2008
Scott Miller wrote:
>
>
> Repeater linking is the big advantage I've heard. Of course, you can
> make your backbone digital without having to make the user-access side
> digital as well. Anyone doing that? With RF backbones, I mean, not
> IRLP. Getting a reliable 9600 baud link between fixed sites isn't
> that hard, and you can get good performance without needing exotic
> codecs. I really don't care for the way AMBE makes everyone sound
> just a bit robotic.
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
> A
Not to mention the weird gurgling, sloshing hiccupping noises created
when any non-voice sound gets picked up by the mic that the AMBE codec
can't resolve into human speech components...... [This has public
safety types, especially fire commanders, really frustrated with P25
digital at incident scenes with wind noise, traffic, sirens, swooshing
fire hoses, roaring generators, etc.]
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