While I can appreciate the usefulness of the 2820 (including ease of manual programming), the cost alone decided for me. Nice videos, by the way1
Matt / N3WNX Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > At 09:46 AM 12/18/2008, [email protected] wrote: > > Take a look at my YouTube video "D-STAR Programming" (Part 1 and 2). Part > 2 includes the ID-800. http://www.youtube.com/user/KN4AQ > > I see the replies in this thread so far have been all pro-ID-800. I have > both and I prefer the 2820 by far, both because it is a two-bands-at-once > radio, and because it is MUCH easier to program manually. (You'll want > software to program either radio extensively). > > But there is no question that the 2820 is much more expensive. Worth > it? To me, yes. > > I'd also like to invite you to check out the other D-STAR related video on > my web site: www.ARVideoNews.com. > > And there are Yahoo Groups dedicated to each D-STAR radio you might want to > join. D-STAR has a fairly steep, but short, initial learning curve. It's > worth getting over the hump quickly. > > 73, > Gary KN4AQ >
