what have the results of their tests been?
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
http://www.ifbyphone.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 02:59
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] D Star


I have been very tempted by the Icom IC-V82, Universal Radio has it for $120
after $10 mail-in rebate.  This is a great price for a monobander.  For only
$190 more <ouch> you can add the UT-118 D-star board.  I don't know of any
D-Star repeaters in my area so I would wait a while to get the digital
board, but I think soon these digital radios will catch on.
http://www.universal-radio.com/CATALOG/ht/0882.html

There's a group in this area testing d-star on 1.2 Ghz, but I don't have any
gear for this band.
73, Ken -N5SWR