Posted: 4/22/2014 8:02:08 PM EDT
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Looks like I'm making a trade for a UHF Motorola XPR6500 just wanted to see if anyone was on the TRBO network? Looks like the CS700 is a inexpensive way in if anyone is interested at under $200 for a digital / analog radio.
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It's popular around here, I see an equal mix of CS700s/Moto/Standard HTs floating around that all seem to be somewhat similar. Not really my thing, I'm in to simple/cheap/standardized/widespread, which in this town is UHF FM followed by VHF FM.
I will say that the folks who run TRBO love it, and will talk your ear off all day long about it. If you've got any 900 repeaters in your area, hop on one and ask. |
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I'm willing to be you a dozen donuts and a solar panel that their stuff will NEVER be compatible with DMR... Quoted:
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I am looking forward to see what Yeasu does with their c4fm and DR1 repeater system. I'm willing to be you a dozen donuts and a solar panel that their stuff will NEVER be compatible with DMR... That is what I am thinking too. We just put up a dr1 repeater too. This is worst than the vhs-betamax debacle because there are about 8 different setups and none of them talk to each other. (And excluding codec2 none are free) |
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That is what I am thinking too. We just put up a dr1 repeater too. This is worst than the vhs-betamax debacle because there are about 8 different setups and none of them talk to each other. (And excluding codec2 none are free) Quoted:
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I am looking forward to see what Yeasu does with their c4fm and DR1 repeater system. I'm willing to be you a dozen donuts and a solar panel that their stuff will NEVER be compatible with DMR... That is what I am thinking too. We just put up a dr1 repeater too. This is worst than the vhs-betamax debacle because there are about 8 different setups and none of them talk to each other. (And excluding codec2 none are free) If they spoke to common servers (Reflectors in D-Star parlance) that would go a long way towards opening the standards back up. As it is, all these different digital standards (with the exception of DVFree) do more to fragment the community than to enable communications. |
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Quoted: That is what I am thinking too. We just put up a dr1 repeater too. This is worst than the vhs-betamax debacle because there are about 8 different setups and none of them talk to each other. (And excluding codec2 none are free) Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I am looking forward to see what Yeasu does with their c4fm and DR1 repeater system. I'm willing to be you a dozen donuts and a solar panel that their stuff will NEVER be compatible with DMR... That is what I am thinking too. We just put up a dr1 repeater too. This is worst than the vhs-betamax debacle because there are about 8 different setups and none of them talk to each other. (And excluding codec2 none are free) |
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The sad thing about this is that these modes (P25, DStar, and DMR) all pretty much use the same vocoder chip. The packet/transport protocol for all three are open standards, but the vocoder is not. In this age of micro controllers/computers, someone could make a small box with a small display, some buttons, a microphone socket, and bluetooth connectivities to let me use the front panel or an app to configure the "box" for whichever mode I want to talk to. I then tune the radio appropriately, and plug this magic box in to the data port - BOOM 3 digital modes on any radio with a 9K6 port. Heck, even better if your radio supports CAT control.
In the year of 2014, where SDR is nearly king, I still have to deal with the fact that Icom only graciously allows 722 DR memory channels on the ID-51. There is not enough memory on the radio to store the entire list of DStar repeaters and hotspots for the US on the stupid radio in 2014! So, my point being that I'm not totally surprised that my magic box above doesn't exist... |
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The sad thing about this is that these modes (P25, DStar, and DMR) all pretty much use the same vocoder chip. The packet/transport protocol for all three are open standards, but the vocoder is not. In this age of micro controllers/computers, someone could make a small box with a small display, some buttons, a microphone socket, and bluetooth connectivities to let me use the front panel or an app to configure the "box" for whichever mode I want to talk to. I then tune the radio appropriately, and plug this magic box in to the data port - BOOM 3 digital modes on any radio with a 9K6 port. Heck, even better if your radio supports CAT control. In the year of 2014, where SDR is nearly king, I still have to deal with the fact that Icom only graciously allows 722 DR memory channels on the ID-51. There is not enough memory on the radio to store the entire list of DStar repeaters and hotspots for the US on the stupid radio in 2014! So, my point being that I'm not totally surprised that my magic box above doesn't exist... Maybe someone should tell them that memory isn't big or expensive anymore... 
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