Hello folks.
I recently purchased a 92AD and with interest have been reading the messages from this and a few other user groups to try to get a Feel for this new piece of technology. Having come from a Technical background - more on the hardware side, I thought it was great having Digital modes now on my HT (a step above APRS I thought any way) We have one Digital Repeater in the home town of Ottawa, and after initial emails from the local repeater owner I tried to see if I could get this new toy to work. So far not so lucky, not sure if I am out of range or just do not have the HT configured properly. I guess I will have to wait for some snow fall and put that J Pole up on the roof that been sitting in the shack for 2 years Hi Hi. Anyways on to my point. I kind of expected that from the end user point of view I would be able to turn on the HT, Tune in the repeater and key the rig and talk to the world. Not so simple it seems from where I am sitting. Not sure if that is as simple as one can make it or not. Or if all the bells and whistles are making this D-Star an overly complex operation. I will try playing a little more when I have some time, but since I spend most of my time away from home and sitting in some Hotel I wonder if the Dongle is the way I should be heading. Still It's great to see new technology making it's way to our hobby, and hopefully we will see Yeasu and Kenwood get on board as well. But not with three different non compatible offerings. 73 Dave VE3OSY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
