VX-8R Symbol/SSID (Was Re: [aprssig] Yaesu VX-8R)

[Stephen H. Smith]

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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