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If your focus is on APRS then it's likely that you'd want to
integrate a full function APRS client to your radio's TNC. If that
is the case, then there's only one choice, the Kenwood. Yaesu
doesn't support external access to the TNC.<br>
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Yaesu has a menu option that looks promising, but it only provides
output of received APRS packets and that's in a non-standard form.
And the manual section that mentions TNC is simply instructions on
how to hook up your own external TNC to the radio which kind of
makes the internal APRS functions a bit redundant.<br>
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Kenwood, on the other hand, provides full access to the internal TNC
for both receive and transmit and even supports KISS mode to let the
software take full control.<br>
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I'll let other's compare and contrast the internal APRS functions of
the two radios, if you have no plans to interface beyond them.<br>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/5/2014 6:46 PM, Ralph Milnes
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<div>I don't remember much recent discussion on the "best"
mobile APRS rig. If I'm mistaken, just let me know.</div>
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<div>But I'm about to buy a new APRS rig and wonder if I should
go with the Kenwood TM-710GA or the Yaesu FTM-400DR.</div>
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<div>Anyone care to venture an opinion?</div>
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<div>And if anyone thinks I should go with an ICOM D-Star/APRS
rig, I'd like to hear about that, but my focus is on APRS and
not D-Star.</div>
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<div>Ralph NM5RM</div>
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