All you have to do is watch the FCC site to see when they apply for FCC approval... lots of new rigs show up there first...
Nate WY0X On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Gordon Dick wrote: > Hi John: > I had a Japanese translator do a little translation for me. Doesn't > appear to anything to earth shattering in the models. What was > passed along to me was that until you see and English version pop up > on either the Japanese site or ICOM America/Canada there's a > possibility that it will not be an export model to North America. > Gord - ve7fky > > For a picture perfect time > check out: http://www.mountainsunsets.com > > ________________________________ > From: John Hays <j...@hays.org> > To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:33:26 PM > Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and > mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880 > > I would suspect, based on the 92AD, that it's GPS-in-the-Mike > especially since the mike is also supposed to display GPS info > (Buddy's friend's translation: "The hand-held ID80 comes with an > optional GPS mike that displays the user's > current position and sends that information to the other > person") .... I wouldn't hold my breath on backwards compatibility > for the 91AD, but its all speculation at this point. > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Ken Livingston wrote: > > > I am somewhat interested in the GPS mic. I wonder if it's backwards > > compatible with the ID-91AD, for instance. If it is, I hope they > > sell the > > mic separately so I can pick one up without having to buy a whole > > new radio. > > > > Of course, the "GPS mic" may just be a fancy way of saying "Look! > > There's a > > NMEA serial input directly on the handi-mic!" > > > > Ken > > KK4KEN > > > > > > John Hays > Amateur Radio: K7VE > j...@hays.org > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to > Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dstar_digital-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:dstar_digital-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dstar_digital-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
