On Apr 4, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Dennis wrote:
I was not aware that Icom sells a NXDN repeater.
I thought that was a Kenwood product.
Dennis
It's been a joint project of both companies since the beginning, but I doubt
you'll see that in Marketing material from either one without digging a bit.
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On Apr 4, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Dennis wrote:
I was not aware that Icom sells a NXDN repeater.
I thought that was a Kenwood product.
Dennis
It's been a joint project of both companies since the beginning, but I doubt
you'll see
I think it would be difficult to justify sole source on a piece of equipment
that is part of a low volume market, such as amateur radio.
You probably can easily justify a company like Motorola in a large volume
market like Land Mobile radio, but Icom in the Amateur Radio Market share? I
At 4/5/2010 06:24, you wrote:
I think it would be difficult to justify sole source on a piece of
equipment that is part of a low volume market, such as amateur radio.
Actually, it would be quite easy. Icom is the only source of D-Star
equipment, so you only have to state that the unique
You might want to consider going with NXDN, then. Icom's NXDN repeaters _are_
mixed mode, and will repeat what they hear, analog or digital. Not only that,
the corresponding mobiles an portables will also respond with what they hear,
so there's no need to switch to your analog-programmed
I was not aware that Icom sells a NXDN repeater.
I thought that was a Kenwood product.
Dennis
Jeff wrote:
You might want to consider going with NXDN, then. Icom's NXDN
repeaters _are_ mixed mode, and will repeat what they hear, analog or
digital. Not only that, the corresponding mobiles
Now that you're aware, I suspect you'll find that the Kenwood offering does not
handle mixed mode as well.
'JK
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dennis wa7...@... wrote:
I was not aware that Icom sells a NXDN repeater.
I thought that was a Kenwood product.
Dennis
Jeff wrote:
My R2500 decodes it just fine.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, n...@... wrote:
At 4/2/2010 09:49, you wrote:
There's also a substantial base of users who like D-STAR because there
isn't a scanner that can decode it.
Funny you should mention that. A pair of bootleggers using
-Star hardware
and software devices.
Doug
KD8B
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