Tactical Value? [was: VX-8R Symbol/SSID (Was Re: [aprssig] YaesuVX-8R)]
Amateur Radio WB8NUT
duffy at wb8nut.com
Wed May 21 09:26:37 EDT 2008
That makes perfect sense! Since Kenwood has been the only APRS radio out
there for years, we probably all forgot why Kenwood had a symbol. Now
that you mentioned it, that makes perfect sense as to why you might want
to identify the radio.
Duffy
www.wb8nut.com
kc9umr at freqradio.com wrote:
> Could the value be that *SOME* radios have full featured messaging,
> etc. whereas other radios DO NOT....
>
> i.e. if i tell you i have a Kenwood, you know (presumeably) that i can
> send and receive messages, etc., but if i have an Icom I cannot? This
> would make the specific radio a worthwhile note, but would it be
> better to have a special icon for D700's, D710's, VX8's etc. that have
> these capabilities vs. radios that do not?
>
> If i hook a TinyTrak to my V7A, i can run APRS... but that doesn't
> mean I can send or receive text messages....
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