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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