Hi Barry, just wondering if you have a repeater or two, or are you linked to 
echolink in Perth?  I have relatives who live there but are not hams.  I am 
just curious.  73, Jim WA6EKS


-----Original Message----- 
From: Barry
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: The Yaesu Fusion Repeaters

Hi Mike and All,
My local repeater group in Perth WA is buying 1, and perhaps a second Fusion
Repeater. We don't get the cheap price that US clubs are being offered. The
fact that it can work as an analogue repeater is a strong additional selling
point.

Cheers,
Barry.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2014 4:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: The Yaesu Fusion Repeaters

As has already been said, the $500 offer is for clubs only.

My club is buying two of them. The plan is to put one on UHF, and the other
will replace a 30 year-old 2 meter box.

There are two other machines in the area that are using similar commercial
equipment, but only a hand full of people with the radios to take advantage
of it.

The attraction for my club was to have something that we can use to develop
a new linking network, and the fact that you cannot build an analogue
repeater from scratch for that price unless you already have a bunch of old
stuff sitting around.

This doesn't force people into the complexities of DStar, and to have to
deal with audio that sounds as bad as a cell phone.

--
Mike Duke, K5XU