[SGVHAK] ham radio equipment recommendation

[Braddock Gaskill]

Basically there are two competing non compatible digital ham repeater
standards each backed by one vendor.  It is bad.
On Jun 29, 2015 3:00 PM, "Tux Lab" <project.tuxlab at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
>
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