When I say extra money I mean over other similar rigs. Forget the Dstar for a moment (which is extra cost again) the basic rig is 385 UK pounds. That gets you a dual band dual watch transceive with the transmitted audio quality of a (bad) mobile phone.
For 250 UK Pounds I can buy a quad band Yaesu FT8900 with 10/6/2 and 70cms. Dual watch too and has the expected audio you should have from a ham rig. Back to the 2820, I can pay 150 pounds and get GPS and Dstar. However, if I want to use GPS, I have to use the radio as a remote head, like it or not due to the poor design of the radio. The above is just a snippet of what I was refering to. Happy Holidays, Justin G --- In [email protected], "David B. Toth" <ve3...@...> wrote: > > At 02:57 AM 12/24/2008, g0ksc wrote: > >IT would be nice if you got something for all that extra money but > >sadly you don't. > > Well, you do! > You get the convenience of a built-in GPS ... and of course you get > the GPS so I don't have to buy another one. > I also prefer to be able to listen to the second band (analog) > because I use the rig to listen to my D-STAR repeater on 440, and our > 2m analog system with IRLP, at the same time. With the ID-800, I'd > have to choose which I listened to. For me, the extra available band > is useful, but I DO understand YOUR position. > > Season's Greetings > Dave VE3GYQ/W8 >
