Ravi, I don't think there is any HT of any brand that will do what you want. I
have a Kenwood TH-F6 and it certainly will not. I am definitely not a Yaesu
guy, but I would prefer any Japanese transceiver to one from China. I would
recommend that you not plan on any rubber duck to repeater communication over
10 to 15 miles unless you plan to climb a repeater tower with it. I have a
dual band mobile Kenwood in my vehicle and on frequent trips to Oklahoma I
seldom make contact outside the metroplexes of Houston and Dallas. I would not
plan on any communications while off-roading, back country, backpacking, or
mountaineering except with people in your party who will stay within one mile
of you. I sometimes use my HT for communications within one mile while at MSWE
or a convention, but I seldom find them useful. They would probably be useful
at Dayton, but I have not seen them be useful at Ham Com in Dallas, and the
Houston hamfests are small enough that most use eyeball QSOs. Sorry, but I
can't give you any encouragement at all. I have never seen APRS, a build in
TNC or C4FM be useful for anything but in selling transceivers. I have only
been a ham for 59 years, but In that time the only time that ham radio was
useful for local communication was around 1975 when there were no cell phones
or GPS. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,BVARC MSWE Chairman, 2014 & 2015TDXS Contest
Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS
From: Ravi Ratnala via BVARC <[email protected]>
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:17 PM
Subject: [BVARC] Knowledge / Opinions about Digital / D-Star / C4FM (System
Fusion)?
Friends,
Ok, I'll go ahead and open the ol' can-o-worms: The radio I'm buyinghappens to
be a Yaesu FT1DR.
The main reason for the purchase is that I want a new V/U dual-band HTthat will
be rugged enough for EMCOMM work, as well as the off-roading,backcountry
backpacking, and mountaineering I do.
I was considering the VX-6R and VX-8R before I found the FT1DR. Themain
reasons I chose the latter over the others are the facts that ithas a built-in
GPS, does APRS natively, and has a built-in TNC for data(if I ever decide to
wander down that trail). In other words, I'd buythis radio even if it didn't
operate C4FM (digital voice).
In the interest of disclosure, I do tend to be a Yaesu guy,but I'm never a
blind ambassador to any brand name. I also count anIcom, an Alinco, and
several Baofengs among my gear, and I recommendeda Kenwood TH-F6A to a friend
recently.
Now, here comes the VHS v. Beta part:
1) What's the general feeling out there with regard to the digitalvoice modes
like D-Star and System Fusion (love / hate / too early /never be standardized /
all stink / etc)?
2) With regard to System Fusion, how many of you actually have thecapability,
or plan to at some point?
3) Does anyone know whether / how many System Fusion repeaters thereare
currently in the greater Houston area? Or of any plans to deploy?
I'm just trying to get a general feel for how useful that particularfeature is
likely to be. And to stir up a hornet's nest, of course. ;-)
All opinions / rants / flames welcome.
73,
KF5YHP
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