Tom NM0N wrote:
I'd strongly suggest spending the extra money up front and getting the 880. In your area near San Jose, there are several D-STAR systems listed in the Dstarusers.org repeater directory, most of which have a 70cm repeater in addition to 2m and 23cm, and some that are solely 70cm in California.I am about to relocate to the Ozarks of Missouri about 60 miles east of Branson.
-- Don Bowen KI6DIU http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html