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    Kenwood: TM-281 programming?

    If he has a visual impairment why did you get a 281 ? The V71/710 has a speech and storage chip available,it will tell you everything on the display ,including mode . I have them and it's a great help everytime you hit a key or change modes it tells you what you have done, Also if you need a...
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    I made an investment in my future...a brand new SDS200!

    My area is going encrypted P25P2 so I haven't bought one ,fire will still be in the clear and receivable, but everything else is going dark. Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    I made an investment in my future...a brand new SDS200!

    I fought the law and the law won! Buyers anxiety/ remorse gets us all. Enjoy it,somethings don't change Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    Yaesu: Replacement Battery for Yaesu FT-50R Dual Band HT

    I second Batteries America , alot of head to head testing has been done by many hams ,and BA in almost every case out performs OEM batteries. I have an extensive collection of Yaesu's going back 30 years ,and they run on BA ,from packs to empty shells, drop in fast chargers,they have it all...
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    Single Frequency DMR Repeater

    If using a hotspot ,you can only use one time slot ,it doesn't matter which one . Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    Yaesu: Running an FT991A on battery power

    I can run all day with IC 7000 on a single group 24 AGM battery into a Tarheels HP ,i just cant go indoors without removing the whip. Mobile operating ,mountain topping etc can be a lot of fun ,out in the fresh air, unless your planning to be out longer than 9-10 hours you don't need any solar...
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    EMS medcom (telemetry/medical control) frequencies in Philly area and Bucks County

    Gone are the days transmitting to Rampart ,along with the days of cleaning and preparing the unit to go back in service, well we formalize the facts and document the care performed of the Pre hospital care report . Everything in the bus talks to everything else ,when you go into a patients home...
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    DMR Vs. YSF Vs. D-Star Vs. P25 Vs. NXDN

    I have tried Amazon isn't cooperating ,just do a search for DMR kindle books or ham radio ( just a warning on the ham radio they have every A.R.R.L book ,so you will be swimming in books). Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    EMS medcom (telemetry/medical control) frequencies in Philly area and Bucks County

    There are ten med channels , your county control may favor or patch certain channels more than others ,i dont get you guys here ,so the my local county favorites will be different , like here Med 1 is both dispatch from county to ambu dispatcher who then radios the actual ambu ,and they also use...
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    DMR Base/Mobile Radio

    DVMEGA Cast Multimode IP Radio Check this bad boy out ! Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    DMR Base/Mobile Radio

    Hotspots generaly transmit at most 10 milliwatts ,you don't really need a mobile for that .but if you want a mobile "type radio" bigger display hand mic type thing ,have you given any consideration to internet radio ,it gives you the physical display size,and the handheld microphone ,does all...
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    DMR Vs. YSF Vs. D-Star Vs. P25 Vs. NXDN

    For those wishing to bone up on DMR & Dstar there are two de ent books available in digital format from Amazon (kindle format) they are pretty inexpensive and the equivalent to ham radio digital for dummies taking you through how to use the modes and program some of the more common radios .they...
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    Wires-x, echolink, Allstar talk to each other.

    All three at one time sounds like a room ,Kenwood has the only radio that does echolink out of the box ,all star is a wide area network and wires X is of course part of Yaesu ,so it sounds to me like he's using a Yaesu HRI 200 with FTM 400 to access a room /node that has connectivity to all of...
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    DMR mobile (not handheld) suggestions wanted

    Now that's a badass display ! Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    DMR mobile (not handheld) suggestions wanted

    Nicely put, it amazes me the number of people who have no idea what a hotspot can be usefull for ,and some quite honestly have probably never programmed let alone used a radio ,who start with DMR ,it has a very unfriendly learning & proficiency curve ,then again I see many new hams that are not...
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    DMR mobile (not handheld) suggestions wanted

    No your right in certain circumstances going through a repeater directly is the way to go to access some things. However for a bullet proof dual band radio that at this point in time can be had for for extremely competitive price to a CCR( Anything you get other than a Motorola is rebadged...
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    DMR mobile (not handheld) suggestions wanted

    You missed the point of the horspot !the Yaesu works flawlessly as DMR radio using a hotspot, if you go direct into a repeater no it doesnt do DMR howcer go through a hotspot and your Iphone, android, or laptop and it does indeed transcode between fusion and DMR and vice versa .I built a hotspot...
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    Size Matters SDS200

    It is time to modernize ditch that old fashioned clip and go with a magnetic mic ,so much safer,cleaner and handier . Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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    Yaesu: New Yaesu FT-3DR

    That has been an issue with Yaesu for awhile now going all the way back to the VX, they did start including a black plastic clip ,that is supposed to help insure it doesnt prekaturely pull out ,it cost Yaesu maybe 1/30 th of 1 cent having them made / purchased in bulk. Now granted my FT 1 is my...
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    Cost to RUN a repeater site?

    I have a friend who runs GE mastr II's UHF & VHF with 220 linking ,They have been up and running for 40 years , his rack is in his mobile home and the antennas on tower, he is retired disabled from GE engineer ,he has all the bells and whistles both audio messages & ID ,CW ID, SAME weather...
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