Mike, I respectfully understand your position, but not many even understand the difference. Could we settle on a Bridge Subgroup and at least four of the most popular bridge groups (whatever they are)

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I did not read the whole tread but I have been reading a lot of the group question. Can I suggest something like A group for planification and general use of the software Like what is needed to do suc

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I'm kind of leaning towards Mike N4IRR's idea. Though, maybe the groups could be broken up to which programs are needed for the mode/network you're bridging. ASL to BM is easier than say ASL to XLX as

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DMR, YSFn, NXDN <-> DMR, YSFn, NXDN DMR, YSFn, NXDN <-> YSFw, P25 D-Star <-> Any

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It makes sense but I see the questions Is NXDN AMBE or IMBE?

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A different way to slice this is to have a small set of subgroups that talk about format bridges AMBE <--> AMBE AMBE <--> IMBE DSTAR <--> ANYTHING ELSE

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OK, Without ASL below are the base permutations. From that let's eliminate some obvious "I doubt anyone would do this" Based on Russells comment that most bridges involve DMR DMR <-> D-Stsr DMR <-> YS

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I agree assumptions usually get broken fast. I'm strictly making that comment from what I've seen on this email list and what I've been asked to build for others that reach out to me. AllStar <> DMR b

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I don't agree with the assumption that DMR is involved in every bridge. Does a bridge have a destination?

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That sounds like a reasonable way to handle it to me.

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I think that has it as far as I can see except as you mentioned ASL

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without making it "complicated". The destination would be the topic name. I think we can assume DMR is the core mode. I don't think I've seen a bridge system someone has worked on that hasn't inluded

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The (N - 1) accounted for the fact that bridges work in 2 directions. Otherwise it would be N*N / 2.

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Did I miss any? D-Star <-> DMR D-Star <-> YSF D-Star <-> NXDN D-Star <-> P25 DMR <-> YSF DMR <-> NXDN DMR <-> P25 YSF <-> NXDN YSF <-> P25 NXDN <-> P25 This is without ASL

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I would understand that it is a number of subgroups, but I don't think as many as you state because you are counting some twice. DMR <> YSF would include YSF <> DMR But in any case, a BRIDGING subgrou

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A subgroup per bridge pair could quickly get out of hand. For N modes, you'd end up with (N * (N-1)) / 2 subgroups. For 5 modes, that's 10 bridging subgroups. For 7 modes, you're up to 21 bridging sub

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I would agree with Mike (JNM).

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I would suggest A separate bridge subgroup for the pair <>

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So the question becomes, I want to build a DMR <-> D-Star bridge, what subgroup do I use? DMR? D-Star? Steve

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Jon, Maybe someone in the HB subgroup can take it on, Mike and I are up to our ears right now. Steve

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