Edfel:
Apologies if this is already known and understood, but D-RATS was originally created solely to take advantage of the (slow - 900 bps) data stream built into every D-Star radio (and passthrough every D-Star repeater). Other Amateur Radio data software wasn’t designed to take advantage of “just a data stream” with no modem required and no built-in protocol; D-Star data was just data in on the transmitting D-Star radio, and data out on any D-Star radio that was receiving that transmission. The original author of D-RATS did a brilliant job making use of D-Star data when nothing else really did so.
If you want to use data capabilities via radio other than the built-in D-Star data, then there are many more suitable modes such as packet radio, modems, software, etc.
Just a few examples are the Dire Wolf software TNC, VARA FM (up to 25 kbps), the NinoTNC (hardware TNC) that can do 9600 bps with Forward Error Correction, Winlink software for EMCOM, XASTIR for APRS, etc.
Steve Stroh N8GNJ
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Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)Editor
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Hi:
Just to be sure. I have set the 9700 and seems to be working.? As D-Rats states there is no longer a need for a D-Star radio, the question is which other 2M 70cm supports (or can be used) with D-Rats for packet communication? SO I can coordinate with a fellow Ham at my county and test maybe 145.670. The idea is not to depend on D-Star repeaters although anyway here there are nada D-Star repeaters.??
One of D-Rats KEY, and somehow rare, advantages is Interoperability (possibility of EMCOMM traffic via both RF + Network).??
Thanks again!!
Edfel
KP4AJ
