I have a v82, and really like it, I haven't tryed d-star with it as the 
board for that is nearly twice the cost of the actual radio, and I can't 
justify that expense right now.  I have heard from various digital lists 
that you can program the radio with computer software.  You might want to 
check out the d-star group on yahoo groups.  The actual name of the group 
and mailing list info escapes me right now, but it's very informative.  I 
stopped subscribing to it because the information was getting a bit more 
technical then I could understand having not delt with too much digital 
stuff as yet, but it is a very good group.

73,
Chris, w8cjs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Son" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:46 AM
Subject: icom ic-v82


> Hello.
> Just a few days ago I took a look at a manule for the  icom ic-v82 =
> radio, a two meater tranciever for fm and d star communication.
> I found that the instructions for setting up the d star portion of the =
> radio were difficult to follow since it was highly menu driven and you =
> had to go to different menu choices and move a cursor back and forth by =
> using up and down keys or y and z keys they were called and hit a =
> certain key on the radio to enter in different letters and the number of =
> your callsign.
> What I want to know is if anyone has any personal experience with this =
> radio and is there a way to use the computer with a provided program to =
> enter all this information into the radio?
> This would be the only way to do this just because of the complex menus =
> in this radio.
> I need someones help.
> Tracy Son.=20
>