UK D-STAR exceeds initial expections

The RSGB Emerging Technology Co-ordination Committee website says interest in D-STAR has exceeded initial expectations.

An announcement on the RSGB Emerging Technology
Co-ordination Committee (ETCC) website says:

The interest in Digital Voice Nodes (D-Star) has exceeded initial expectations with several applications and expressions of interest being received from as far north as Fife in Scotland to Kent on the south coast of England.

Applications for the 2 Metres band will have to be fitted in where possible with analog voice repeaters, as there is no spare spectrum in the band.

On the 70cm band the ETCC is assigning units in 439/433 using existing agreements for use of the band not currently used by voice units

RSGB Emerging Technology Co-ordination Committee
http://www.ukrepeater.net/