<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6731"><span>Last year I tried to order a FC301V and finally received its replacement the FC-302V.</span></div><div><span>Better built and works great for APRS, Packet, or Digital Voice (D-Star/DMR/Fusion) 9600b or better.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>However it has 2 problems that the manufacture has been made aware of but as of yet not corrected.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7197"><span>1. Programming step is supposed to be 5Khz/6.25Khz but so far only 6.25Khz is implemented. Thus leaving many HAM radio channels out of luck..including 144.390 and 145.010.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7178"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7177"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7176">2. Max TX Timeout is 60 seconds. OK for packet but not good for digital voice.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7180"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7176"><br></span></div><div><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7176"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7151"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7113"><span>73, Ron</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_7114"><span>VE1AIC</span></div><div><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6752"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6896"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6897"><br></div><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6749" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6748"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6747"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6751"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6750" size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, March 5, 2017 2:00 PM, "aprssig-request@tapr.org" <aprssig-request@tapr.org> wrote:<br></font></div><br><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6746"> 1. Barebones "Data Radio" (Brett Friermood)<br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 23:16:37 -0600<br>From: Brett Friermood <<a ymailto="mailto:brett.friermood@gmail.com" href="mailto:brett.friermood@gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6899">brett.friermood@gmail.com</a>><br>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br>Subject: [aprssig] Barebones "Data Radio"<br>Message-ID:<br> <CADS0AtSMvSynde4r=<a ymailto="mailto:itZLcNBrUaco8DmR-AM6hRbM9_Ss8mw9g@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:itZLcNBrUaco8DmR-AM6hRbM9_Ss8mw9g@mail.gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488738803122_6907">itZLcNBrUaco8DmR-AM6hRbM9_Ss8mw9g@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hello All,<br><br>I see the Friendcom FC-301 data radios are no longer on the Argent Data<br>site. I have a project I could use them for and when I had looked at them<br>previously they seemed to be very capable radios for a reasonable price.<br>I'm also not able to find another credible source.<br><br>Does anyone know of a similar radio?Basically I'm looking for something a<br>little more hardened than an average amateur radio, ~5w output, VHF and UHF<br>models, easy external interface, and characteristics friendly to 9600bps<br>operation.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Brett KQ9N<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>