*BUT* as i said, i can hook a TinyTrak to my TM-V7A, and put up a kenwood logo being a brand wh0re, and guess what - I can't do messaging! (Gotta play devil's advocate).<br><br> <br><br><font face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif" size=2>
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<b>From</b>: Amateur Radio WB8NUT <duffy@wb8nut.com><br><b>Sent</b>: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:40 AM<br><b>To</b>: kc9umr@freqradio.com, TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@lists.tapr.org><br><b>Subject</b>: Re: Tactical Value? [was: VX-8R Symbol/SSID (Was Re: [aprssig] YaesuVX-8R)]</font><br><br>That makes perfect sense! Since Kenwood has been the only APRS radio out <br>there for years, we probably all forgot why Kenwood had a symbol. Now <br>that you mentioned it, that makes perfect sense as to why you might want <br>to identify the radio.<br><br>Duffy<br>www.wb8nut.com<br><br>kc9umr@freqradio.com wrote:<br>> Could the value be that *SOME* radios have full featured messaging, <br>> etc. whereas other radios DO NOT.... <br>><br>> i.e. if i tell you i have a Kenwood, you know (presumeably) that i can <br>> send and receive messages, etc., but if i have an Icom I cannot? This <br>> would make the specific radio a worthwhile note, but would it be <br>> better to have a special icon for D700's, D710's, VX8's etc. that have <br>> these capabilities vs. radios that do not? <br>><br>> If i hook a TinyTrak to my V7A, i can run APRS... but that doesn't <br>> mean I can send or receive text messages....<br><br><br>