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Re: In a state of disbelief here
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"Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
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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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