[SGVHAK] ham radio equipment recommendation

[Tux Lab]

Does that mean each vendor has it's own digital implimentation
standard so digital radio from one vendor may not be able to use the
digital repeater from another vendor?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:21 PM, yoshio <ak209 at lafn.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:50:21PM -0700, Tux Lab wrote:
>> Is there a trend toward digital handhelds like the Yaesu FT-1DR vs the
>> VX-8DR?   Is one more rugged in terms of service availabilty duing
>> distasters or in remote areas where there are no repeaters.
>
> With digital (Icom's D-Star), if you are in a fringe area, any voice
> transmissions can sound like R2-D2 (bleep noises and such).  With
> analog, the transmission would be noisy but readable.  Apparently
> Yaesu's digital system doesn't do the R2-D2 thing, but there are
> fewer Yaesu digital repeaters.
>
> http://www.radioinc.com/
> shows that Yaesu has a special for clubs - the digital repeater is
> $500 rather than $1700, because Yaesu is trying to get people to
> adopt its system.
>
> I don't have any experience with amateur digital voice.
>