Sounds interesting. What is IDAS?
73
Butch
WA0VJR
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Wallace, ks.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, John Miller wrote:
> The IC-F3101 handheld and the IC-F5121 mobile, both VHF radios and their UHF
> counterparts the IC-F4101 and IC-F6121. They are commercial radios, so no
> VFO, but they'll tell you what channel they're on in voice, do IDAS, have a
> lot you can do with turning the power on while holding a button to adjust
> the squelch and other various settings, making it really one of the best
> commercial radios I've used for accessibility though I still prefer my
> kenwoods. my fiance got me the IC-F3101 for my birthday since one of the
> local clubs I belong to and am VP of has a few IDAS repeaters up so now I
> can play there. The software took a little learning but now that I did I can
> do anything with it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chad morrison" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: wauxum hand helds
>
>
>> what is the model?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 11:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: wauxum hand helds
>>
>>
>>> There's a commercial Icom radio that can do that now, it will give the
>>> channels.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "chad morrison" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: wauxum hand helds
>>>
>>>
>>>> no, it will just read you the memory name.
>>>> chad
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 8:44 PM
>>>> Subject: wauxum hand helds
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Everyone;
>>>>> I think I got the answer once upon a time but I just have to ask and
>>>>> hope I misunderstood. Simply put what talks? Putting it another way,
>>>>> I
>>>>> just put 20 channels in memory and I don't have my paper telling me
>>>>> what
>>>>> repeater is in what channel and I had a minor brain freeze. When I
>>>>> bring up a memory channel will the radio speak both channel number and
>>>>> frequency? If it only speaks channel numbers it isn't on my want list.
>>>>> Similarly if I am dialing through the band will the radio tell me what
>>>>> frequency I am currently on? To me those are the two most important
>>>>> features.
>>>>> Given the drastically lower price how does this thing compare with the
>>>>> thf6a?
>>>>> --
>>>>> richard
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