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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
