Thanks to all for confirming what I suspected. I find the U82 to be a nice little HT, but need glasses to read the display just for basic analog.
I couldn't imagine it giving me the full effect (callsigns at the least). Probably a better investment is to save up for the 92AD and ID-800H as planned. Hear you on D-Star! 73, Mark - KB2EGB Orlando --- In [email protected], "Fred N. van Kempen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Yes, the UT-118 is all you need for that HT, and yes, that will > give you "all of DV". It is a small PCB with basically only the > AMBE2020 chip, an inverter gate, and an A/D codec. > > I dislike the U82 for indeed that reason- its display is too small > for my taste. It works, and works fine with DV, I just like HTs > with a larger display... > > Cheers, > > Fred > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 4:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] UT-118 Opinions > > > > As someone just getting into D-Star, I almost forgot about my U82 HT. > > It appears that the UT-118 will get me DV on this HT? > > Although, at $219, I wonder if this card will give me a "full" > function DV HT? > > Has anyone used the UT-114/118 in this series HT? Are you happy with > it for DV, considering the small display? > > Thanks and 73, > Mark - KB2EGB > Orlando > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
