Buy the 2820. You won't be sorry and there have been some pretty good deals round. Check Texas tower and HamCity. A friend bought the radio at Texas Tower for around 519 and he ut123 for about 250 at Ham city.
Remember for the price you are get 4 radios in one, 2 for 440 and 2 for 2m. Fran, W1FJM <http://www.miele-family.com/weather> <http://www.miele-family.com/weather> _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Ramler Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD vs 92AD Morning Group, let me clarify what I am after......What I am looking for is a Dual rx radio. Thank you also for clarifying what YMMV stands for. I was trying to figure out what that stood for so I asked. again thank you all very much for the input I really appreciate it. 73, Ben ________________________________ From: JI1BQW <[email protected]. <mailto:ji1bqw%40mbr.nifty.com> com> To: dstar_digital@ <mailto:dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:23:22 AM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD vs 92AD Please note that none of the current D-Star radios is capable of dual watch two DV-mode frequencies. If one is DV, another comes to FM. Dual FM is OK. 73, -- JI1BQW - Kay Ishikawa ----- Original Message ----- On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:50:02 -0700 "John D. Hays" <[email protected] <mailto:john%40hays.org> > wrote: > Ben, > > No problem, YMMV, I wasn't suggesting the IC-80 at all, only to suggest > that it shares programming software with the ID-880 mobile radio. > > Just for the record, the IC-80AD and ID-880 are both "dual band" (they > operate on both 2m and 70cm) but they are not "dual watch" (monitoring > two frequencies at one). For dual watch, you would have to go to the > IC-91AD or IC-92AD for handhelds, or the 2820H for a mobile. > > The question is are you better served with a mobile or a handheld/amp > lash-up in your application. That is your decision to make. > > Ben Ramler wrote: > > > > > > I don't want the IC-80 because its not dual band. thank you for the > > idea! I am still led to believe that this the route to take. > > > > thank you for the input John. > > > > 73, > > > > Ben K0BLR > > > > -- > John D. Hays > Amateur Radio Station K7VE <<http://k7ve. org>http://k7ve. org> > PO Box 1223 > Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 > VOIP/SIP: <mailto:john% 40hays.org>[email protected] <mailto:john%40hays.org> <sip:<mailto: john%40hays. org>[email protected] <mailto:john%40hays.org> > > Email: <mailto:john% 40hays.org>[email protected] <mailto:john%40hays.org> <mailto:<mailto: john%40hays. org>[email protected] <mailto:john%40hays.org> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
