[DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Oba
Here is the link http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20090128/index.html albeit it's Japanese. 73 Oba JA7UDE

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Michael A. Waldron
: > > > Here is the link > http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20090128/index.html > <http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20090128/index.html> > albeit it's Japanese. > > 73 > Oba > JA7UDE > -- Michael A. Waldron, AE0MW PGP: http://www.mikew.org/mypgpkey.txt

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread beamar
Mike: Do you read Japanese? I asked a friend of mine, who used to be a Japanese translator to look at the page, but, he hasn't got back to me yet. Buddy Morgan WB4OMG ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Storer, Darren
Hi Buddy, try this: http://tinyurl.com/ahas2y (courtesy of Google) 73 de Darren G7LWT 2009/1/28 > Mike: Do you read Japanese? I asked a friend of mine, who used to be a > Japanese translator to look at the page, but, he hasn't got back to me yet. > > Buddy Morgan > WB4OMG > > **

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread john_ke5c
> Here is the link > http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20090128/index.html > albeit it's Japanese. I ran it through babelfish. There are no details on specifications of interest such as number of memories, how many characters in the display (eight would be a lot better than six so

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR  transceivers, ID -80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread beamar
Daren: Thanks. Very interesting, indeed! These computer translations are OK, but, I am still going to get my friend to look at it. I will post his translation, assuming he gets back to me. Buddy Morgan WB4OMG WCF D Star Club President/KJ4ACN Trustee ** A Good Credit Score is 700 o

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread beamar
If anyone is interested, here is my friend's translation of the Press Release - Buddy WB4OMG Press Release Beginner's model with D-Star, simple to set up 144/430 MHz audio band digital transceiver ID80 = hand-held model; ID880 = car model   Prices (inclusive of tax) and projected release

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Michael A. Waldron
No, regrettably I do not. I ran it through a translator and looked for details, of which there were few. -Mike bea...@aol.com wrote: > > > Mike: Do you read Japanese? I asked a friend of mine, who used to be a > Japanese translator to look at the page, but, he hasn't got back to me yet. > >

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Ray T. Mahorney
for those of you who were able to read that page did the usability enhancements go any way toward accessibility? Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA UK call sign M0WGA

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread john_ke5c
> for those of you who were able to read that page did the usability enhancements go any way toward > accessibility? > Ray T. Mahorney > WA4WGA > UK call sign M0WGA Ray, but what is the size of the accessibility market for DStar radios? How many potential customers are there to offset the develo

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Michael A. Waldron
The message was much more of a press release and much less on any form of specifics. All they said was they had worked on usability, and consistency between models. There was no elaboration. -Mike Ray T. Mahorney wrote: > > > for those of you who were able to read that page did the usability

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Ray T. Mahorney
thanks much. Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA UK call sign M0WGA - Original Message - From: "Michael A. Waldron" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:24 Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880 The message was much more of a

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Software uploaded

2009-01-28 Thread Jonathan Naylor
I have uploaded into the Files section of this group, a zip file in a directory called G4KLX, of the first version of my software. This software reads (or writes) WAV files that are captured D-Star transmissions straight from the discriminator. It will output files contain the raw AMBE data, the r

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread mwaldron1
They did not elaborate on what their improvements were, just that they had made some. Mostly that page is a simple press release with a photo, it's very very light on actual information. I suspect more will come as Dayton gets closer. -Mike --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Ray T. Mahorney"

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Ray T. Mahorney
in the US there do not appear to be any subsidies and there should not be because this type of equipment is a want rather than a need. To your other question I'm afraid that's a chicken and egg question. There are to my knowledge less than a dozen blind or visually impaired DSTAR users but,

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Nate Duehr
So. I was hoping their next mobile rig would be a dual-bander with dual-receive and two D-STAR boards in it and "smart" enough (like the Kenwood APRS rigs) to "tie" D-PRS beacons to band A, or band B, as desired and route the rear data port to either band as desired. Looks like they went the other

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Ken Livingston
I am somewhat interested in the GPS mic. I wonder if it's backwards compatible with the ID-91AD, for instance. If it is, I hope they sell the mic separately so I can pick one up without having to buy a whole new radio. Of course, the "GPS mic" may just be a fancy way of saying "Look! There's a

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread John Hays
I would suspect, based on the 92AD, that it's GPS-in-the-Mike especially since the mike is also supposed to display GPS info (Buddy's friend's translation: "The hand-held ID80 comes with an optional GPS mike that displays the user's current position and sends that information to the other p

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread John Hays
Any chance of getting your friend to translate the full JARL D-STAR specification? On Jan 28, 2009, at 6:32 AM, bea...@aol.com wrote: > If anyone is interested, here is my friend's translation of the > Press Release > - Buddy WB4OMG John Hays Amateur Radio: K7VE j...@hays.org [Non-tex

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Ben Franske
John Hays wrote: > Any chance of getting your friend to translate the full JARL D-STAR > specification? > What if we paid something for it? I'd be willing to contribute to translating the spec and making it freely available and I suspect others would be as well. -Ben Franske, K0BEN W0YC Tru

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread simon9149
The question is will the 880 have europe friendly capacitors? --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Oba" wrote: > > Here is the link > http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20090128/index.html > albeit it's Japanese. > > 73 > Oba > JA7UDE >

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Neil
Cant Satoshi help here?? --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "simon9149" wrote: > > The question is will the 880 have europe friendly capacitors? > > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Oba" wrote: > > > > Here is the link > &

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Glen
27;em --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Oba wrote: From: Oba Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 2:10 AM Here is the link http://www.icom. co.jp/release/ 200

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread beamar
Probably not. He is a lawyer now and doesn't have much time. But, I will ask. Buddy WB4OMG In a message dated 1/28/09 3:45:26 PM, j...@hays.org writes: > Any chance of getting your friend to translate the full JARL D-STAR > specification? > ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Gordon Dick
Hi John: I had a Japanese translator do a little translation for me. Doesn't appear to anything to earth shattering in the models. What was passed along to me was that until you see and English version pop up on either the Japanese site or ICOM America/Canada there's a possibility that it will

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ICOM announced new hand-held and mobile D-STAR transceivers, ID-80 and ID-880

2009-01-28 Thread Nate Duehr
All you have to do is watch the FCC site to see when they apply for FCC approval... lots of new rigs show up there first... Nate WY0X On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Gordon Dick wrote: > Hi John: > I had a Japanese translator do a little translation for me. Doesn't > appear to anything to eart