Oh, Yes I know.
This may be interesting for all of us who volunteer for Ares.
Thank Goodness we still have Voice Nets.
Some people are not very excited about dstar but unfortunately some EC's are salivating with excitement.
The thing is though that many of the volunteers on the ground are not familiar with it and do not have it at home.
It will be interesting to see what happens.
I think some areas have discovered that it's not a panacea.
I hope that can be said for Ohio too.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;



----- Original Message -----
From: Ray T. Mahorney <[log in to unmask]>
To:  [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 07:57:35 PM
Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here

>
>
> that is interesting because a fair number of EOC's here in Ohio are migrating to DSTAR.
> 
> 
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 00:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
> 
> Ray:
> 
> No D Star here yet, and I don't know of any plans for it soon.
> 
> This is why the choice of rigs on the part of the powers that be was so 
> strange.
> 
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
> 
> 
> > no they do not nor does Icomm sell speech boards for those radios they are 
> > both DSTAR radios and as
> > such there is no accessibility on the digital side.  Has your county 
> > adopted DSTAR?
> >
> >
> > Ray T. Mahorney
> > WA4WGA
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> > On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 00:15
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: In a state of disbelief here
> >
> > Hi, all
> >
> > Recently, in my region of west-central lower Michigan, the power that be
> > obtained an equipment grant to purchase all new equipment for our county
> > EOC's.  Sounds great, right???
> >
> > Well, for one thing, none of us as EC's were consulted on the rig and 
> > other
> > equipment choices, so we ended up with rigs with which none of us were
> > familiar.
> >
> > But, here's the real kicker:
> >
> > Two of the rigs are the Icom IC2820 VHF/UHF dual-band radio, and the Icom
> > IC2200 2-meter radio.  Upon checking in the AES catalog, and calling AES 
> > for
> > confirmation, it seems that these radios do not have a voice synthesizer
> > chip option.  If this is true, of course, the rigs will be of limited use 
> > to
> > me as EC in the Emergency Operations Center, unless I have sighted
> > assistance with me at all times.
> >
> > Can someone verify for me that these rigs actually do not have a voice 
> > chip
> > option??
> >
> > Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >