My two cents worth is to get the 880 and the 91AD. They are both analog / digital. I would also get the Mirage BD-35 Amp. Of which I have and used with my 91AD.
73, Nick. KJ4BSM -------Original Message------- From: Ben Ramler Date: 7/8/2009 11:07:36 AM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] new to the group my answer would be no! I would want to have a radio that does both analog and digital. ________________________________ From: John D. Hays <j...@hays.org> To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 1:01:00 AM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] new to the group Ben, Only you can really answer your question, but let me pose a question for you to think about. What if you deployed to a major incident (like Katrina) in an area where D-STAR has been deployed heavily for Emergency Communications, would you want your options for support limited by not having D-STAR in your bag of tricks? ben_ramler2002 wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > I jsut joined the group, and I guess I come in seek od advice. I am > trying to put a go kit together. I'll admit is pretty amitious. My > question though is should I consider a D-star radio like the ID-880? > Even though there really are D-star repeaters in MN. > > thanks & 73, > > Ben K0BLr > Central MN > -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE <http://k7ve. org> PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: j...@hays.org <sip:j...@hays.org> Email: j...@hays.org <mailto:j...@hays.org> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
