I have several DSTAR radios including a couple of ID800's. Both ID800s are used fixed station. I have had NO issues with the 800 and believe it is probably the best value going....
Except - Limits - Dual Band Radio - receives one band at one time - not a big deal for me. Easy to add GPS outboard receiver or feed the radio with an emulator program for fixed use. 100 UR memories MAX......54 RPT memories MAX. It is impossible to load up every gateway repeater (close to 300 now days) and preload reflectory Link and unlink. The display only shows 6 characters at a time so you can see the call sign but not the A, B, C or G in the display (but the display is really large and easy to read). You need a level shifter / programming cable to program the radio. Other models use just a cable without electronics. Size is nice - detachable front. Programming is CLONING and NOT CONTROL software. Dan Smith's CHIRP software works well as does the CS800 from Icom. Radio does run a little hot but has not been a problem. And finally, for ME a bit difficult to program without cloning software. Also I have used non standard splits on VHF - 1 Mhz and 600 kHz, but not tried 7.6 mHz on UHF. I don't forsee any problem in that department. I am comparing this against my familiarity with ID1, IC-2820, IC2720 (not dstar) IC91AD and IC92. You might think I like Icom.....I DO. Merry Christmas, Steve NU5D dd...@vajk.de wrote: > Hello all > I am interested in a ICOM ID-800H to use it with D-Star .. can anyone tell me > little more about this rig, cause in Germany it is not available from icom .. > Best wishes, > Vajk / DD1GV > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the > original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups > Links > > -- A Decibel saved is a Decibel earned..... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
