Hmmm...I have to check if I'm near a gateway. But you make some compelling arguments for 2820. However that's over $800. Maybe I'd be better off with an 880 (or 800) and get an HT with it.
Thanks for the info! 73, --Alex KR1ST --- In [email protected], "Nate Duehr" <n...@...> wrote: > > If you're in the coverage of a javaARPSd equipped Gateway, the > 800's D-PRS functionality will get your location to the Gateway > and out to the Net. Folks with 2820's and more "advanced" rigs > say they see my GPS data just fine. > > Not sure if the "advanced D-PRS" features of the 880 are any > great shakes... if you can find something in those specific > features that you NEED, that'd be a different story, but the 800 > and an attached GPS seems to work just fine for everything I've > ever tried to do with it for position/location information. > > Neither rig has a way to display the direction or location of > OTHER D-PRS rigs, like the 2820 does. You have to hook a laptop > to the serial port and use software to RECEIVE other station's > location information with both the 800 and 880, I believe. The > built-in "point to the other station" feature is only in the > 2820, AFAIK. > -- > Nate Duehr > n...@... > > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:02 +0000, "whynotbecreative" > <kg4...@...> wrote: > > > Hi Alan, > Thanks for pointing to the chart. That's a very handy chart. I > see the GPS (DPRS?) options are more advanced. I used to be very > big into APRS, but kind of lost interest. But seeing that this > radio has these capabilities may rekindle my interest in PRS's. > 73, > --Alex KR1ST > --- In [1]dstar_digi...@yahoogroups. > com, "Alan Biddle" <alanbiddle70@> wrote: > > > > Alex, > > > > There is a pretty good comparison table on the Icom web site: > > > > www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/dstar/dstar/default. > aspx > > > > Look to the right. There are two. 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