Eric: Back here in the Southeast there are two UHF MotoTrbo repeaters being coordinated in the Charlotte, NC area. It will be interesting if this digital technology will take off. In SC we have enough D-Star repeaters to cover the state, but the number of users is low. It will take a long time before it is viable as a parallel statewide communications system. Analog FM is still the back bone of our statewide communications system and it will be for years to come. www.scheart.us The question in the back of my mind is. Is MotoTrbo the digital technology that will leap frog D-Star? I guess we can stay tuned for the outcome!
John, KC4YI ________________________________ From: Eric Lemmon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, February 14, 2010 11:34:05 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems Mike, There's always going to be excitement about, and interest in, digital systems. Please answer my question: How many Hams in your area have purchased and are now using MotoTrbo radios? 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of k7...@skybeam. com Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:01 AM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems Hi Eric, Good to here form you, its been a while. Ebay is the cheapest place you can get radios. I am going to get the www.usedmototrbo. com <http://www.usedmototrbo.com/> site up here and there will be many other digital radios as well. A lot of the ARES and RACES groups are embracing the radios and not using there DStar radios. Vertex will be offering a mobile and portable here very soon as well as HYT will have a mobile and portable that will work on the systems as well and they are going to announce it at IWCE 2010 so stay tuned on there offering. Many 3rd party Motorola partners are building many software and hardware widgets to work with the system and have herd of some interest in an IPhone application being tossed around as well. I just installed a TRBO HAM repeater above Boulder, Co and is working great and Paul WA2YZT has his on Lookout Mt above Denver that is connected to the TRBO-6 group and is working flawless as well. I haven't seen this much excitement in digital in this area for a while and I think that is why Paul WA2YZT swapped the P25 digital repeater and converted it to Mototrbo. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ ____________ _________ _________ __ From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Eric Lemmon Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:50 AM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems Mike, A few members of the Satellite ARC are toying with the idea of putting a MotoTrbo repeater on one of our mountaintop sites. The major stumbling block, of course, is the very high cost of the digital radios needed to use the MotoTrbo repeater. There are several analog 6m, 2m, 220, and 440 repeaters in my area that have a total of perhaps 80 users- and most of those users are reluctant to shell out well over a thousand bucks just to talk to a few other people, when they can use their $80 Puxing or Alinco radios to talk to everyone else, anywhere. I would like to know how many MotoTrbo handheld and mobile radios are now being used in the Denver area. Perhaps a new perspective will help others to justify the high cost of implementation. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:Repeater- Builder%40yahoog roups.com> [mailto:Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:Repeater- Builder%40yahoog roups.com> ] On Behalf Of k7...@skybeam. com <mailto:k7pfj% 40skybeam. com> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 7:24 AM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:Repeater- Builder%40yahoog roups.com> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems Just curious how many ham radio club, groups and individuals are installing HAM systems in the USA. I know that the TRBO-6 group is up and working great and several others. Here in Denver area the interest is huge and I am hearing of others that are also very interested. Thanks, Mike K7PFJ
