At 09:57 AM 5/14/2009, you wrote: >Nate gave a long answer that addresses some of the variables, for a >short demo of 5W at 100KM listen and see: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYhLtS-0gE > >If you can afford the difference between a 2200 + DSTAR board and an >ID-880H you will have a much better user interface plus 70cm.
My experience is that stationary, you will almost always do much better on D-STAR. Mobile, results vary a bit, but are usually comparable to FM over the same path. Note I am talking about voice only, not slow data. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
