You definitely should consider the 80/880. At a minimum, they have the same type of memory programmability as all of the radios, it's just the new repeater mode is a little quirky. But you don't have to use it if you don't want to. The old stuff still works great.
Ed WA4YIH -----Original Message----- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Earl Needham Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:11 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: New guy I've been considering the ID-880 -- does this mean I shouldn't? Tnx Earl WA4YIH wrote: "But Icom does realize that the remainder of the world is very different and hence the new programming in the 80/880 series which was designed for everyone else. Too bad they pretty will missed the mark on the features. Now it's only marginally useful for anyone. (Yes it does work, but with a few changes, it could have been infinitely more useful)" KD5XB -- Earl Needham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT Posted via Blackberry ------------------------------------ Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups Links
