Re: [dstar_digital] Re: Preference for V82 vs. U82?

2008-09-22 Thread Kb3hg
U82, I got one for the possible useof D_Star as there are no D_Star repeaters locally.The rig ias very nice to handle, of course it is not an everything to everybody rig., I find it works better than the Yeasu Standard, Kenwood and? Motorola HTs that I haveor have used. Good battery

[dstar_digital] poor vhf receive on repeater

2008-09-22 Thread Tom
We did a small test today. If you hook the receiver on the repeater up and use low powe from distant station you get alot of break-up. If you hook your handheld up at the duplexer receiver point the break-up goes away and you get better receive through the handheld. Any ideas? Tom Carpenter

Re: [dstar_digital] Re: Preference for V82 vs. U82?

2008-09-22 Thread John D. Hays
Brand new, looking at AES pricing, there is a $75-85 price difference between a D-STAR 91AD and the V82 or U82 ... On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joel Koltner wrote: Good points, Nate, thanks. As far as I can tell, the V82 is essentially an

Re: [dstar_digital] poor vhf receive on repeater

2008-09-22 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
Do you key the repeater transmitter while the hand held is receiving ? (+3v on TXE) Is the transmitter also keyed when the repeater receiver is receiving ? Tom wrote: We did a small test today. If you hook the receiver on the repeater up and use low powe from distant station you get

[dstar_digital] Re: poor vhf receive on repeater

2008-09-22 Thread wa1nh
Sensitivity of an IC91AD (from icom website) Sensitivity (typical) FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV) VHF (Ham band) 0.14#956;V UHF (Ham band) 0.16#956;V Sensitivity of a dstar repeater? • Sensitivity (BER 1×10–2) : Less than 0.45 #956;V My analog repeater sensitivity???