I know the person who runs that repeater does something in radio with the
federal government and seems to have a lot of ins. It's still very
expensive to get hold of anything used in that mode, and I only heard
about what goes on there as I have a few digital scanners.
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, John Miller wrote:
> Good luck, you'll have to get commercial gear for that one as of now. I
> don't think the new icoms even are compatible with that and that's 1 of the
> major downfalls to the likely hood of that mode to survive or even take off
> in the near future.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:16 PM
> Subject: Re: easy ht to use
>
>
> > Hi Chris and the group, what bands does it cover? Also, I posted this a
> > while back there is a repeater in the Detroit area that uses APCO-25
> > digital modulation. When will there be an HT out there that will
> > transmit/receive in that mode?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Chris Schulte wrote:
> >
> >> The Icom ICV82 worksrather well for blind people, I know because I have
> >> one
> >> and use it, it's relatively simular to the 202 as far as programming if
> >> you
> >> don't get the d-star board for it.
> >> 73,
> >> Chris, w8cjs
> >> Web site,
> >> www.w8cjs.com
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: easy ht to use
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi, I was going to suggest the Kenwood, and it is a nice radio, but it
> >> > still is and was a lot of money, and of course Radio Shack no longer
> >> > makes
> >> > HTs, so if it worked fine before the battery became toast I would
> >> > suggest
> >> > getting a new battery pack fo it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Tracy Son wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hello Listers.
> >> >> My old radioshack ht202 battery pack went south and will not charge
> >> >> any
> >> >> more
> >> >> so in the garbage the battery went.
> >> >> The radio is so old I hate to get another pack for it and then have
> >> >> the
> >> >> radio stop working 4 months later.
> >> >> What is a good easy 2 meater or dool bander radio that is user
> >> >> friendly.
> >> >> I thought about the kenwood tryband ht but it's to much money to pay
> >> >> for
> >> >> an
> >> >> ht.
> >> >> Thank you.
> >> >> Tracy Son.
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 20:31
> >> >> Subject: Re: ic7000
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > I'm coming to think I'm very lucky. I'm in a residential area and no
> >> >> > one's
> >> >> > ever home and I have berry little noise around here. It is more now
> >> >> > than
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > used to be but it's really pretty quiet around here. Not like on
> >> >> > vacation,
> >> >> > but nothing will ever be like that again for me I'm sure. It was a
> >> >> > hole
> >> >> > street of summer places with a few year round places way down, my
> >> >> > radio
> >> >> > was
> >> >> > so quiet there you'd think the RF gain was way down or something I
> >> >> > mean,
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > lightest hiss was about it but when there was a station in there, I
> >> >> > could
> >> >> > really pull them out easy. Not like that here, but from talking to
> >> >> > people,
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > am real lucky and I think most of that is the fact no one's ever
> >> >> > around
> >> >> > out
> >> >> > here. I suppose I'd better enjoy it while it lasts.
> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> > From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:47 PM
> >> >> > Subject: Re: ic7000
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Hi.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I'm getting so many local noise sources around here that it doesn't
> >> >> >> really
> >> >> >> matter what I put on HF--I can't hear anything anyway. It seems
> >> >> >> like
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> am
> >> >> >> getting a lot of digital crud from home consumer devices in
> >> >> >> neighbor's
> >> >> >> houses. I sat up last night with the Sony ICF2010 and the HF
> >> >> >> listening
> >> >> >> was
> >> >> >> pretty bad.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Unfortunately, the group I used to go out with for Field Day has
> >> >> >> folded
> >> >> >> up,
> >> >> >> so I don't really have much of a reason to maintain a "go" pack.
> >> >> >> II'm
> >> >> >> hashing over whether or not I want to keep the Icom 706 Mk IIg
> >> >> >> station
> >> >> >> or
> >> >> >> whether it is time to cash it in.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
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