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Home Archive by category "Reviews"

Category: Reviews

N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #9: Kenwood TH-D74A Tri-Bander + DStar + APRS

N8CD November 21, 2018 January 21, 2019Archive, Reviews

A new addition to the N8CD HT family prompted me to write another review. I wasn’t planning on doing another review in the series after #8, but the radio manufacturers keep producing products that I can’t resist. The Kenwood TH-D74A has about every tech feature you could want in a…

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N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #8: Yaesu VX-8DR QUAD band

N8CD September 8, 2018 October 26, 2018Archive, Reviews

The Yaesu VX-8DR is a lot of radio in a small package. First – some background on “dual-band”, or even tri-band and quad-band mean. There are 3 meanings for “dual-band” radio in amateur radio specifications, and it isn’t usually clear from the brochure which definition is used for a radio….

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N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #7: Yaesu FT-2DR

N8CD August 15, 2018 September 24, 2018Archive, Reviews

The Yaesu FT-2DR is a fantastic handheld radio that operates 2m and 70cm FM, along with Yaesu’s Fusion digital mode. It has a built-in GPS receiver that is sensitive enough to operate even inside some houses, and can use that GPS with the best implementation of handheld APRS I’ve ever…

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N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #6: Motorola XPR-6550

N8CD August 3, 2018 September 21, 2018Archive, Reviews

The Motorola XPR-6550 is different from the other ham radio oriented radios that are part of this review series. It is built for commercial and business operations, not for ham radio. You’ll often see the XPR-6550 hanging on the belt of police and fire personnel, factory workers and hotel/event staff. The radio…

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N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review Series

N8CD April 13, 2018 December 31, 2018Archive, Projects, Reviews

My name is John, and my call is N8CD. I was originally licensed in 1978 as a Novice class at the age of 12, and before the time I was 14 I had my Technician class license. Since then, I’ve bought, traded, and sold a lot of different radios, and…

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  • Most Popular Posts

    • December 14, 2019 - N8CD
      Codeplug posted for Anytone AT-578UV Mobile DMR radio

      Check out SARA's area-focused, minimalist codeplug for the newly released Anytone AT-578UV radio here. Anytone AT-578UV Mobile The codeplug has most of the local Medina/Wayne/Summit/Stark county Ohio DMR systems included in it, along with most local ...

    • October 13, 2019 - N8CD
      Alinco DJ-MD5 & Anytone AT868UV DMR Codeplug updates

      The SARA-Wayne County codeplug for the Alinco DJ-MD5 and Anytone AT-868 radios have been updated with some recent info. Changes include: Added Wayne Events zone with channels commonly used by Wayne County ARES events (courtesy of ...

    • February 4, 2021 - N8EI
      J-Pole Build Project

      Sign-Ups for the build will close on February 26, 2021 The SARA Spring 2021 Build Project will be a dual-band J-Pole assembled from common components. This build project is open to anyone, not just SARA members ...

    • May 4, 2019 - N8CD
      442.275 Digital Migration Complete

      The conversion of SARA's 442.275 repeater to a multi-mode digital machine is complete. Barry KI8B, Marty N8XPK, Rick WB8UTW, Jason N8JDM, John N8CD, and Gary AA8CS assembled their gear for the job as planned on ...

    • August 11, 2019 - N8CD
      Wooster UHF Repeater Now Digital

      Congratulations to the folks at the Wooster Amateur Radio Club, who have converted their UHF repeater on 443.175 to a multi-mode digital machine similar to SARA's 442.275. It's on the air running DMR, DSTAR, and ...

  • 147.390 MHz Analog Repeater

    Frequency – 147.390+ MHz
    PL/CTCSS Tone – 114.8 Hz In and Out
    Allstar Node # – 43211 ( Status | Conns )
    Echolink Node – W8WKY-R (#580387)
    Repeater Details
    Echolink/Allstar Connections

  • 442.275 MHz Digital Repeater

    Frequency – 442.275+ MHz
    Modes – DMR, D-STAR, System Fusion, P25
    Status Dashboard

    DMR – CC1. Local traffic on TS:1 TG:310961
    D-STAR – W8WKY  B/W8WKY  G
    YSF – W8WKY-RPT
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