Well, not here yet, and many people are resisting it, due in no small 
part to the overall high cost of a D Star radio.

And, this says nothing about accessibility issues.

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 10:51 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
>>
>