Thread: D-star anyone?
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Old 08-16-2014, 07:39 PM   #11
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D-Star was [an] idea devised by ICOM
No; D-Star was devised by the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) and is available to any manufacturer, but so far requires a proprietary chip marketed by a company from which ICOM buys it. Apparently ICOM is the only Amateur Radio supplier buying this chip, but I think I have read that some manufacturers of non-amateur equipment are using it in commercial and government services.
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