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The voice codec for Dstar is proprietary and patented. Luckily it's about to expire and I've seen at least one reverse engineered implementation. Still, it com
by knorker 8y ago
The voice codec for Dstar is proprietary and patented. Luckily it's about to expire and I've seen at least one reverse engineered implementation.
Still, it completely goes against the spirit of a hobby and is an intentional legal and technical barrier to decoding transmissions, today.
- dbcurtis 8y agoYes. D-Star is the poster-child for the kind of coding scheme that should not be allowed in Amateur Radio. If I can't access the documentation required to do a compatible open implementation, then it is a no-go.