Hey Ben, I used to go to Northern States Power Nuclear Plant. But, that was in another life, when I was working.
Funny you should say that, we were involved with a local Fire Dept, that their 800MHz radios were useless. The 5 or 6000 dollar hand held could not talk 1 mile that they could just about see them self's. They got a bunch of Yaesu 2800 mobile 65W radios. (2 Meter) Back to D-Star. My very first contact was about 80 to 85 miles with my 91 and the BD-35 Amp. 5W into it, 45W out. That was from me to the Repeater 50 to 55 miles, Repeater to the person was 80 to 85 miles. Digital is definitely the way to go. Beats Analog FM any time. Good luck with your endeavor. It is an exciting time in this digital age. 73, Nick KJ4BSM -------Original Message------- From: Ben Ramler Date: 8/26/2009 6:45:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SPAM] [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DV Dongle I live in Central Minnesota. Where I am at there are no D-Star repeaters close to me. I have been given the reigns to put together a statewide ARESMAT team. So I am going go wild on buying radios. My choice of radios will be the IC-92AD and handful of Mirage amps. of course that is open for debate. the closest repeaters to me are 80 and roughly 150 miles away so nothing doing for RF. 73, Ben
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