Subj : Re: Digital Radio - Which One and Why?
To   : Rich Lawrence
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Wed Feb 08 2017 07:55 pm

-=> Rich Lawrence wrote to All <=-

 RL> I saw that someone said we needed some more traffic in this echo, so I
 RL> thought I would help with this question...

 RL> Have you started or made a total switch to digital yet? And if so,
 RL> which one and what was the main reason for that particular one?

I don't see it as a switch, rather an addition.

 RL> I have started my switch. I have a new Yeasu FT2DR which uses C4FM
 RL> digital. I also have an Icom ID-31 that is a UHF D-Star hand held. I
 RL> plan to get a DMR radio to kind of round it out, and from there make a
 RL> determination which one is the best for me.

 RL> Locally we have a lot of Hams with DMR radio. It seems that is the main
 RL> one most people here are using. What about you guys?

I added D-STAR in 2007, just before the first repeater arrived in Melbourne.  I
got DMR capability in 2014, though didn't get a contact via the network until
the other week, when I was in Melbourne and had access to a repeater.


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