You can get a Tytera MD-380 for $140.00 from Amazon if you are interested in
DMR.
Introductory pricing just for ham radio operators! This is TYT's first DMR
digital radio, which utilizes Time-Division Multi-Access (TDMA) digital
technology. This is compatible with Motorola TRBO Tier I & II radios
including radios manufactured by Motorola, Hytera, Kenwood, and Vertex
Standard. Priority Scan Voice Prompt Complying with digital protocol ETSI
TS102 361-1.-2.-3 Power-on protection Compatible with MotoTRBO Tier I&II
Color LCD display DTMF decoding and encoding Text messages in digital mode
Updated software available for new features Analogue and Digital mode
Combined Updated to 1000 channels Programming multifunction key Private
call,group call and all call Built-in CTCSS/DCS . Frequency Range:
400-470MHz Channel No.: 1000 Antenna impedance: 50 Operating Voltage: 7.5
vDC Operating Temperature: -30 C~+60 C Dimension(W x H x D): 128x61x38mm
Battery: 1700mAh Li-ion Transmitter Output power: 5W(H; 1W(L) Vocoder type:
TDMA Frequency Stability: 1.0 PPM Adjacent channel power: -60dB Spurious
Radiation Antenna:9KHz-1GHz , -36dBm 1GHz-12.75GHz , -30dBm Hum and noise:
-40dB @12.5KHz 4 FSK Digital Mode 12.5KHz(data only):7k60FXD
12.5KHz(data+voice)7k60FXE Receiver Digital sensitivity: 0.3uV/-117.4dBm(BER
5%); 0.22uV/-100dBm(BER 1%) Audio distortion: 3%(TYPE) Audio power: 1W Audio
response: =1dB-3dB Adjacent Channel Selectivity: Tia603C:65dB,ETSI:60dB
Spurious Tia603C:75dB,ETSI:70dB Co Channel rejection: -12 dB Category:
Electronics.
The programming software works pretty well, but I haven't found the voice
prompts yet.

73 N2DYN Angelo

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Help me out, please

Our local club has bought and installed three Fusion repeaters - two on 2
and 1 on 440.  There are perhaps a half dozen Dstar repeaters around Chicago
and I am told two small coverage DMR systems out at the edge of the Chicago
land area.  So it's buy three transceivers or wait for the dust to settle!
I'm waiting for the dust!
Pat, K9JAUAt 01:36 PM 1/3/2016, you wrote:
>Tom: Fusion is it's own digital mode different from the rest.
>Yaesu offered dual band fusion/analogue repeaters in 2015 for such a 
>good price that many clubs bought several of them.  It is somewhat 
>unfortunate that the repeaters are made up of essentially two mobile 
>radios and some controller circuitry...instead of a properly built
repeater.
>Yaesu has a couple radios capable of fusion, but of course they are 
>still pricy and uncommon...DMR radios are much cheaper and easier to 
>get ahold of...even more so than DStar, so I see DMR becoming the 
>standard digital mode just due to availability and cost...as we all 
>know, hams tend to be cheap lol.
>You can buy a very nice DMR handheld for $200 or less shipped to your 
>door...the yaesu fusion HT is still well over $300.
>DMR also has more potential and a far larger network across the world 
>at the moment.
>Yaesu tried this before with the wires concept, which did well in Japan 
>but never took off anywhere else...now they are trying fusion which I 
>fear will have the same result.
>They come late to the party most of the time and other systems are 
>better developed and nicer to use.  To try and develop the fusion 
>network they were, perhaps still are selling dual band fusion repeaters for
$600 or so.
>If enough clubs buy these, and many many of them have across north 
>america, perhaps fusion will get off the ground.  But Yaesu will have 
>to quickly start offering several different models of radio capable of 
>using fusion to get it going.
>
>
>
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Behler
>Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 9:36 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Help me out, please
>
>Thanks, Pat.  I was wondering the same thing.
>
>Here in my local area, we are still all analog, although there are some 
>folks who are starting to play with the digital modes.
>
>For example, our club just bought two of the 2-meter/440 Fusion 
>repeaters from Yaesu, and I know they have digital capability of some 
>kind.  However, I'm not sure what that capability is.  Perhaps DMR?
>
>If anyone knows, please advise.
>
>For now, I'm sticking with analog.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
>Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 10:59 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Help me out, please
>
>I am playing catch up!  Is DMR another scheme in addition to Dstar and 
>the Yaesu digital offering?
>If so, then are there three competing scenarios?
>Thanks.
>Pat Byrne, K9JAU