On 6/28/2021 8:52 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
I've got a Kenwood D-Star HT, but there are only a few repeaters I can use
it on, and they get all grouchy if I change what reflector it's talking to.
I've had them reset it in mid-QSO.
Our ARES group fell for the ICOM D-STAR story about 10 years ago, even
got the county to spring for several repeaters. One is on the air
unused for the most part except by one or two diehards and the other
sits in the warehouse in the original boxes.
That's why I was hesitant when the local SAR group (not affiliated with
ARES) went with DMR lately and several of our ARES leadership tried DMR.
Long story short - I've been active on DMR for the last month or so,
split time between nets and QSOs on various TalkGroups using both the
one repeater that I can reach using a 5-w hand-held inside my apartment
and the SkyBridge HotSpot where I can talk to the world. My first QSO
was with a ham in the UK! There are plenty of DMR repeaters on the West
Coast that are all linked up.
I wish that I could do that with my K2 and I miss doing so. But I'm
still keeping it and occasionally see who I can contact with a dummy
load... :-) (There's one guy in the neighborhood who claims that he
can read me when I use 100 W into MFJ's "finest".)
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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