[Scan-DC] D-star Amateur radio

[Paul - W4ATN]

Ken,
I have DMR and prefer it. I must admit that I got ticked off at ICOM and HRO and that is the only reason that I'm not a D-Star fan. I purchased a several hundred-dollar radio that did not come with a mobile mount and they wanted another $65 for the mount! My Motorola XPR-5550 mobile didn't cost as much as ICOM & HRO wanted for the ICOM mobile. I'm not sure how many D-Star repeaters there are in the metro area. I also have Fusion and eh. We have a repeater, 442.3000, in Annapolis that is Fusion but and I know of a couple more. Don’t know of any of the Fusion that are connected to WIRES. 
There are quite a few DMR repeaters around and more coming online the problem now is not only are there 2 meter frequencies available but the 440s are gone or going as well. I think we need to have a plan to go to NB as other services have. 
My 2 cents.

Paul - W4ATN
FM18qw
ARRL Life Member

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From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kenneth Fowler via Scan-DC
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 09:38
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Subject: [Scan-DC] D-star Amateur radio

It may be about time to upgrade to a digital ht. Is it more advantageous to go with D-star or another digital mode in dc. I've found that dmr radios hard to program but the n I've only used a cs700 it from connect systems. I know there are still many analog fm repeaters out there. 

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