Many are experimenting with that on the ham bands now but I refuse to spend
a cent on 2 meters unless I'm out of working radios and still need one, and
I have IDAS because a club I belong to uses it and even that with all
they're doing with that network, I have no interest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
> look for the next niche mode to be moto terbo and I can tell you all right
> out of the box that
> neither the Hytera or Motorola Mterbo software are accessible nor by all
> accounts are they
> intuitive.
>
>
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 15:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
>
> 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
>> >
>
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