[drats_users] Drats proxy on G2 server progress?

[Dan Smith]

> While I think this would work fine in a suburban environment (good 
> outdoor antennas, etc.), Dstar is a bit challenging here in the city 
> (multipath, intermod hell). None of the users we have can hear each 
> other, and most do not have external antennas.

Well, Dave and I are in areas with buildings, trees, and very large
hills, so it's no cakewalk for us either :)

> But we could probably place a mobile at a repeater site and buy some
> more feed line and another antenna. I think we will try this as soon
> as 4G launches and the repeater is moved.

Doing that to attach RF users to the ratflector should be good, and
gives you a data-only frequency to do your work on, without tying up an
otherwise useful voice repeater.

> Although, to me it just seems to be much more simple if a piece of
> software on the existing repeater gateway could handle it.

If your goal is to get your data onto the G2 network, then you're
absolutely right, and I completely agree with you.  However, what Dave
is describing is not aimed (directly) at that goal.

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Dan Smith
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