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 >> >