XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur
From: nomail@example.com
mm0fmf wrote:
> On 08/03/2018 23:20, Rob wrote:
>> mm0fmf wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2018 13:22, Ian Jackson wrote:
>>>> In message , Gareth's Downstairs Computer
>>>> writes
>>>>> On 08/03/2018 11:50, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed wrote:
>>>>>> The Icom UK D-STAR repeater, GB7IC, nears the magical figure of 2000
>>>>>> D-STAR callsign registrations. GB7IC's first registration was way
>>>>>> back in April 2008, and ten years later nearly 2000 people have
>>>>>> registered via our repeater to the gateway
>>>>>
>>>>> Presumambly all CBers and fools' licensees wanting BBC quality
>>>>> telephone conversations, for whatevet else it is, it is definitely
>>>>> not amateur radio.
>>>>>
>>>> While it's undeniable that all this modern stuff is wonderful, I'm not
>>>> sure that I really approve of having to 'register' for anything that
>>>> uses the amateur bands.
>>>
>>> You don't need to register to use the repeater as a radio repeater. You
>>> only need to register if you want to use the repeater when it is linked
>>> to via the net to other repeaters etc.
>>
>> For D-Star, yes. For DMR it is always required to register because
>> DMR uses numerical IDs which have to be mapped to callsigns using some
>> registration system. Nowadays, these registration systems have been
>> combined.
>>
> The story is about a D-STAR repeater hence writing about D-STAR
> registration not being needed for radio use only. DMR was not mentioned.
As far as I understand the matter (I am not QRV on digital voice modes)
the repeaters here are now mostly on the "Brandmeister" network and there
is only a single registration for both D-Star and DMR. So I wrote it
is a combined registration. I think it is still true that you need
to register only to use the network when using D-Star (and always for DMR).
But I could be wrong there.
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