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On Feb 1, 2025, at 13:04, Svitchan, Douglas D 'Doug' - N8IQT via groups.io <n8iqt@...> wrote:

? Hello,

Evidentially we had Hamcation on our SADRC calendar as a placeholder for upcoming?hamfests. ?

Somehow the calendar entry was?deleted in error and a message went out showing cancelled. ?

Hamcation is absolutely NOT cancelled. ?We apologize if there was any?confusion regarding the calendar entry?change. ?

Their website is as follows for more information.

?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

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73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

The manufacturers saw a good idea and jumped to be first and lock in their product line as the best.

We have several voice protocols now: AM, FM, and SSB. The better radios support all as they are in the public domain now.

Will the best digital mode emerge like VHS beat Betamax or will we have a bunch for a while going forward?

I have noticed that Kenwood put D-Star on a HT. Is that the start of a trend? The marketplace is going to decide who has the best feature set for the right price point.

Currently, I have YSF, DMR, and D-Star so I can learn about all 3.

73,

Harold

AE5AS

Harold C. Fleischer, III

haroldcf@...

210-394-5514

On Monday, January 27, 2025 at 02:24:50 PM CST, Randal, Kelly P - WB5MZT via groups.io <kelpatran@...> wrote:

There should be one standard

Consider SSB:

There is only one SSB with its inherent feature of upper sideband or lower sideband!

There is no SSB-mod Icom

There is no SSB-mod Kenwood

There is no SSB-mod Yaesu

There is no SSB-mod ABC

There is no SSB-mod XYZ............ad nauseam

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 1:52?PM Svitchan, Douglas D 'Doug' - N8IQT via <n8iqt= [email protected]> wrote:

I found this video from Jason 2.0 interesting?specifically related to digital communications.? Jason gave me perspective on this.? Many may not agree but it’s an interesting topic?for your consideration.

Doug

N8IQT


?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

--

73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

I found this video from Jason 2.0 interesting?specifically related to digital communications.? Jason gave me perspective on this.? Many may not agree but it’s an interesting topic?for your consideration.

Doug

N8IQT


?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

--

73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

On Jan 27, 2025, at 3:52?PM, Turner, Henry - K5YDD via groups.io <henry.d.turner@...> wrote:

?

I always thought there should be, for amatuer radio, one digital mode -- standard, that is non proprietary and open standard. ?

Henry -- K5YDD?

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 1:52?PM Svitchan, Douglas D 'Doug' - N8IQT via <n8iqt=[email protected]> wrote:

I found this video from Jason 2.0 interesting?specifically related to digital communications.? Jason gave me perspective on this.? Many may not agree but it’s an interesting topic?for your consideration.

Doug

N8IQT


?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

--

73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

I found this video from Jason 2.0 interesting?specifically related to digital communications.? Jason gave me perspective on this.? Many may not agree but it’s an interesting topic?for your consideration.

Doug

N8IQT


?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

--

73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

I found this video from Jason 2.0 interesting?specifically related to digital communications.? Jason gave me perspective on this.? Many may not agree but it’s an interesting topic?for your consideration.

Doug

N8IQT


?

73

Doug

N8IQT

Texas SADRC

--

73

?

?

Doug Svitchan

N8IQT

San Antonio Digital Radio Club

?

Club Information

?

146.780???????NE San Antonio

443.200???????NE San Antonio – Connected to Texas Nexus

147.160????? ?N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor – Connected to Texas Patriots

442.750???? ??N. San Antonio I 281 Corridor

441.8125??? ?Live Oak

440.275?????? Spring Branch I 281 & 306 in Blanco County

440.500?????? Seguin – N2MOO

444.900?????? Boerne - KB5TX (Kendall Amateur Radio Society)

147.160?????? Pflugerville – K5UUT

145.270?????? Fort Worth (Watauga) – K0BRN

442.575?????? San Benito – AE5JO

?

Wires X 40324

YSF #84398? (US SADRC)

FCS 2 Room? 43 (Listed as Texas)

FCS 3 Room? 46

?

Web:?????????

Social Medial: :

Groups.io: /g/SADRC

?

?

On Jan 20, 2025, at 14:49, Kevin Crawford <kevin.crawford.79@...> wrote:

?Good afternoon,

I did exactly that. ?Shipped off the VGC for return today and ordered the FT70. ?Standing by for Yaesu’s next release, whenever that may be, in hopes it has USB-C charging.

Kevin

KJ5JIX

On Jan 20, 2025, at 14:21, Lane, Lawrence 'Larry' - KF5OXQ via groups.io <kf5oxq@...> wrote:

?

May have been answered already, but the Yaesu FT 70 ht has C4FM and a good price point.

Best,

LL

KF5OXQ

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025, at 14:35, Crawford, Kevin A - KJ5JIX via groups.io wrote:

Good afternoon,

Yes, I spoke with Derek about this radio following the meeting this morning. ?Thank you for taking the time to go over some of the issues I was having.

I bought the radio for a different reason and didn’t expect it to connect to the Yaesu digital repeaters. ?I’m still troubleshooting with the help of the VGC support team but am also looking into a Yaesu HT.

Kevin

KJ5JIX

On Jan 18, 2025, at 14:23, Whitley, Mickey J - KN5C via groups.io <Mickey@...> wrote:

?

Wasn't?me all my handhelds?are FT5D's

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 1:45?PM Moyes, Derek D - K1DDM via <k1ddm=[email protected]> wrote:

I think you and I talked briefly towards the end of our breakfast this morning.

?

As far as that radio goes, I don't think it will do the YSF digital stuff that our club's repeaters use. Whether it's a decent radio or not, I'm not sure. It also looks like it doesn't have D-Star or DMR, so it seems to be an analog only radio. That's ok, if that's what you need.?

You mentioned that you were having difficulty programming it - because you had to do it from the phone app.?I don't see that they have a desktop app... RT doesn't have an app for it, and you already mentioned that CHIRP doesn't work with it.?That's certainly not ideal.?

It looks like it's primary selling point is ruggedness at a good price point.?

Maybe someone else on the list can suggest a comparable radio that's easy to program, includes APRS/GPS, rugged, and is IP67 water resistant. If it's a Yaesu that does YSF for our club's repeaters that would be a bonus!?

Derek Moyes, K1DDM?

K1DDM@...?

Check out my WPSD & YSF Getting Started!

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Sent with secure email.

On Friday, January 17th, 2025 at 18:42, Crawford, Kevin A - KJ5JIX via <kevin.crawford.79=[email protected]> wrote:

Recently purchased an FDE colored VGC VR-N76 and have had no luck getting it to work with several different antennae to include mobile and base.? Anyone in the group have one of these with success?? If so I’d love to get some help with it.? Otherwise I’ll offer it up for sale if anyone is interested.? Thank you. ?

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Mickey

KN5C

512.695.6440

Mickey@...