[Scan-DC] Good Programmable HT

[ae8k at proton.me]

Just about every digital HT also does FM & analog 5khz+/- FM is still widely used.  That being said, hams have split up into several different incompatible digital modes.  I always say start with the digital mode that your nearest digital repeater uses. The national capital region has good D*Star infrastructure, but I've moved to a state with one D*Star repeater that is nowhere near me, so I'm more on DMR.

I'm probably going to have a Yaesu FT-65 for sale soon, I'm pretty sure it is supported by Chirp.  I bought it for my son but we are both too soft spoken for its internal microphone and we'd rather not eat the radio while having a QSO.  

73 de Joe AE8K.




On Thursday, August 14th, 2025 at 12:05 PM, Chris via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> Having been out of the HAM community for a while, is analog used anymore or is it mostly DMR now? If so, what’s a good DMR radio and software?
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