Subj : Re: Anybody here?
To   : All
From : dotslash
Date : Sun Mar 06 2022 05:37 pm

Hello Mewcenary!

On 05/03/2022 17:33, Mewcenary wrote:
>    Re: Re: Anybody here?
>    By: dotslash to Mewcenary on Sat Mar 05 2022 04:25 pm
> 
>   do> Brilliant! Are you doing it via Essex Ham, or are you going your own 
way?
> 
> GM6DX course combined with the official book (when it arrives).  I've also 
joined the OARC discord which seems another good place to chat to people as I 
ramp up.


That's excellent, I forgot about the "Getting Tae Grips" site, combined 
with OARC you will be well sorted.


> I have an FT3D now (I love gadgets, so couldn't resist...).  Naturally, just 
scanning around to see what I can find.  I'll listen in to a couple of local 
repeaters to see if anything comes on air... happy for recommendations here 
though!

You're stating off with a bang! :-) All the Yaesu products are 
excellent. I didn't have the budget to get an FT3D when I started, I 
decided to cheap out initially and save for an HF rig. I started off 
with an analog-only Baofeng UV-82, and for the life of me I cannot kill 
the damn thing... Against expectations it turned out quite nice indeed, 
but of course not nearly as good as your FT3D. As a follow-up for 
digital I bought myself a TyT MD-UV380, which is a dual-band analog and 
DMR radio. I struggled for a few months without success to see if I can 
hit my nearest DMR repeater, so I caved in and bought myself a 
MMDVM-based hotspot. Basically a Raspberry Pi Zero W in a nice metal 
case with a little OLED screen and a transceiver hat. That way I can now 
get onto DMR, but using the Internet. The same hardware can also work 
with Icom's D-Star, as well as Yaesu's YSF digital networks. At least 
your HT is digital-ready for when you want to start messing about with that.

Cheerio,
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