As posted above, which of the big three Japanese amateur radio manufactures will add DMR to their existing line of transceivers first? I get how Yaesu is all about System Fusion and Icom is all about Death Star. I also know that Kenwood has equipment with Death Star in it. If any of them added DMR as a second digital mode to some of their equipment, could it be attractive to potential buyers? Would Kenmore be a likely one to do that? After all, they do have commercial gear that will do analog and a couple of digital modes.
Or, to take this is a slightly different direction, would the Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu folks avoid DMR all together and start offering NXDN as a second digital mode? Would Icom or Kenwood be the likely one since NXDN is available on their land mobile side of the house?
What about Yaesu/Vertex/Standard? Would adding regular APCO P25 be a possibility for them? It is available on their commercial gear and so is DMR, too, of course. Could they offer a dual band with analog, YSF, APCO P25 and MOTO TRBO/DMR? I do think the definitive answer isn't if they could, but rather would they? As we all know some amateur radio operators are extremely tight with their money. The big question for the business folks is what the margin of profit would be.
Could any of the big three Japanese companies Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu add sort of a built in digital hot-spot, with cellular connectivity, much like the RFinder devices?
And, all of the above is just speculation, of course. Is the more likely possibility one of the Chinese companies? Obviously they have enough sales of DMR radios around the world top make a profit. Could an AnyTone offer an 878 with a second digital mode in it? If so, what would be the most likely second digital mode? Would it be selected based on current numbers around the world? Or, would they select based on an standard? (Does that rule out Yaesu System Fusion, then?) Death Star is an open standard. Would an AnyTone with both DMR and Death Star sell enough to make a profit for them?
Or, to take this is a slightly different direction, would the Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu folks avoid DMR all together and start offering NXDN as a second digital mode? Would Icom or Kenwood be the likely one since NXDN is available on their land mobile side of the house?
What about Yaesu/Vertex/Standard? Would adding regular APCO P25 be a possibility for them? It is available on their commercial gear and so is DMR, too, of course. Could they offer a dual band with analog, YSF, APCO P25 and MOTO TRBO/DMR? I do think the definitive answer isn't if they could, but rather would they? As we all know some amateur radio operators are extremely tight with their money. The big question for the business folks is what the margin of profit would be.
Could any of the big three Japanese companies Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu add sort of a built in digital hot-spot, with cellular connectivity, much like the RFinder devices?
And, all of the above is just speculation, of course. Is the more likely possibility one of the Chinese companies? Obviously they have enough sales of DMR radios around the world top make a profit. Could an AnyTone offer an 878 with a second digital mode in it? If so, what would be the most likely second digital mode? Would it be selected based on current numbers around the world? Or, would they select based on an standard? (Does that rule out Yaesu System Fusion, then?) Death Star is an open standard. Would an AnyTone with both DMR and Death Star sell enough to make a profit for them?