[aprssig] D700A still relevant

[Drew Baxter]

At 04:26 PM 5/23/2006, VE7GDH wrote:
>If all you want to do is beacon a position, bet a 2M rig and a TT3 
>or whatever. If you want to send and receive messages, view the 
>positions of other stations and weather reports, a D700 would be 
>nice to have. You can do a lot more with a laptop, but for most 
>people it would be pretty hard to beat the convenience of what the 
>D700 can do. If you add a large-screen GPS that is capable of 
>displaying other stations as waypoints, it should be almost as good 
>as having UI-View running on a laptop!
>
>73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
>--
>"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"

I echo the sentiment of the others, including this one above..

The D700 is the best implementation for APRS short of probably a 
laptop.  The D700 just works and it takes up a relatively small 
amount of space.  With all its quirks, it's still definitely 
something that I haven't regretted owning for a minute.  It's a 
decent 2m/440 rig as well, certainly better than any general 2m rig 
and a TT or Opentracker.

--Droo, K1XVM