There is basically little left on UHF in the boston area, I wouldn't waste 
my time and money with it unless there's a good reason. I only have one UHF 
radio, analog and it gets more GMRS and scanner use than anything. Even that 
is very little.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Don Breda
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: DMR Mobile/Base Station

Those are ht;s.

Stay away from the cs-750 and 800 series at this point since the
programming software is different and not accessible.

The other thing to keep in mind is the location and frequency of the
repeaters in your area.

Unfortunately the Boston area is pretty much destroyed from military
restrictions so dmr repeaters are mostly on vhf I believe but there are
some UHF ones as well.

You would have to buy two radios to make things work for every repeater.

This may or may not be a problem though and depending  on the repeater
network there there may be enough interconnection to allow you to just
use one repeater and get everything you want.

Not sure.

Don



On 03-Jan-16 1:43 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
> Don, thanks, are those HTs or mobiles?
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> =
> On Behalf Of Don Breda
> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 12:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: DMR Mobile/Base Station
>
> No I didn't mean to imply that, I have been on dmr for at least 5 years.
>
> You can purchase an md380 or cs-700 radio cheap.
>
> They do not have voice prompts but are useable and so is the 
> programming=20
> software.
>
> Don
>
>
>
> On 03-Jan-16 12:10 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
>> Don, thanks. OK I guess DMR is still out of our reach then.
>> Frank
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] =3D
>> On Behalf Of Don Breda
>> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 10:38 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: DMR Mobile/Base Station
>>
>> Hi Frank.
>>
>> Yes there is voice readout via preprogrammed wav files uploaded to the 
>> ra=
> di=3D
>> o.
>>
>> Motorola supplies them but you can also create your own and upload them.
>>
>> I don't recommend it though because the software to program the radio is 
>> =
> co=3D
>> mpletely inaccessible and also very expensive.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03-Jan-16 10:13 AM, Frank Ventura wrote:
>>> Hi all in the new year I am thinking about trying out some DMR 
>>> repeaters=
>   =3D
>> in=3D3D
>>>     the area. I would like a mobile/base station setup. I haven't found=
> =3D20
>>> much i=3D3D nfo but I did read on Motorola's site about a feature voice 
>>> =
> on=3D
>> =3D20
>>> their XPR 55=3D3D
>>> /30 and 5550 models. Does anyone know if that has anything to do 
>>> with=3D=
> 20
>>> spoke=3D3D n channel/frequency readout? If so does it require a 
>>> separate=
> =3D20
>>> add-in board?=3D3D
>>> =3D3D20
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> Thanks
>>> Frank