I own a 2200H, and an 800H. The 2200 was bought originally for analog, but I updated it when I learned about d-star. I got the 800H and it is now my main radio in the car (2200H is my home 2M base station now). I love the 800H. I have no need for a 2-in-1 radio like the 2820...sure I could listen to both but can only talk to one at a time. Also, as stated by someone else, it can only handle 1 digital station (1 digital and 1 analog, or 2 analog) at a time....therefore I couldn't be on reflector 1C and the local d-star at the same time. Price difference for me at R & L was a little over $400 between getting an ID-800H (with D-Star built in to it) and buying a 2820 then spending the money to get the d-star/gps board.
Matt / N3WNX [email protected] wrote: > Hello all > I am interested in a ICOM ID-800H to use it with D-Star .. can anyone tell me > little more about this rig, cause in Germany it is not available from icom .. > Best wishes, > Vajk / DD1GV > > >
