[FADCA] 9k6 radios

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:39:39 -0400

After looking at some of the material Russ sent me, I started
looking at the fine print (some like Alinco and Kenwood make
more to do about it) I see that Alinco, Kenwood and Yaesue are
making radios that have a connector on the back which is supposed
to handle 9k6 packet data.

The prices on some of these radios are not that high, and if
you consider the cost to get and modify radios (unless you have
a lot of time on your hands) some of these boxes are becoming
quite attractive price wise in order to get those 9k6 paths that
we need. 

Alinco is pushing their digital voice system which does CVSD
voice at a 14k data rate, I wonder just how much modification
is needed to that radio to do 19k2, perhaps just a filter change,
and it is on 19k2.

If anyone has purchased these radios and are using them on packet
I sure would like to know how they are working out. Perhaps it is
time to start looking at these as a solution to our backbone link
needs, if they will do the job with a minimal amount of work.

If we can get two radios together to test at 9k6 that would be
even better, then we would know first hand how well they work.

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