 drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3
 ·Verizon FiOS
| Kenwood TH-D72 Picked one up today at the HAMCON in Torrance. Haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet, as I'm packing for a trip tonight.
From the reviews and blogs I've read, it's a nice jump up from the TH-D7 I've been using for quite a while.
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 SmokChsrWho let the magic smoke out?Premium
join:2006-03-17
Saint Augustine, FL | Nice, I'm not familiar with either, but it sounds like a good day! |
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 GeekNJPremium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ | reply to drjim
The TH-D7 was the first ham radio I purchased right when I got my license. I do use it for APRS when I travel on longer trips, for fun more than anything, If I had to purchase a replacement, I'd probably get the mobile TM-D710 vs another HT.
Enjoy the new radio!
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drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 Reviews:
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I've got a D700 in my Jeep, with a Garmin 'hockey puck' GPS-18 on the roof. It works very well, and I really like it. I've also got a D710 at home that I occasionally for a cross-band link so some of my radio club members can get in to the 2M repeater we use for our Thursday night net. It also works very well.
I doubt if I use more than 10% of the capabilities of either radio!
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said by GeekNJ:The TH-D7 was the first ham radio I purchased right when I got my license. I do use it for APRS when I travel on longer trips, for fun more than anything, If I had to purchase a replacement, I'd probably get the mobile TM-D710 vs another HT.
Enjoy the new radio!
Did you ever get the thing to do packet? I got it to at least recognize the Garmin GPSIII I bought with it ($200 at a hamfest) but it is driving me nuts. Enough to write an FAQ if I ever get it working.
I FINALLY got Hyperterminal to communicate with it but I am stuck from there.
I did look at the D72 at HRO in Delaware and I was tempted but I want either the Yaesu FT897 or FT857. |
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GeekNJPremium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ | It worked fine for APRS and talks bidirectionally with my older Garmin 76CS. I don't recall if I had it hooked up to UI-View32 early on but I think I did that. Didn't try other packet through it that I recall. |
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| I FINALLY got the thing to work. Had to set up Hyperterminal properly (8 - N - 1) and Xon/Xoff and put it into monitor mode and saw a lot of APRS traffic bouncing around.
Now I wish I could get the thing to do a list of APRS stations and positions. |
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drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 | The radio should store those items. All you need to do is send it the command to list what it's received.
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| There is a LIST button but I thought that was only when it was in APRS mode and not in TNC mode.
I would like to access that list on my system. |
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drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
| Best way is to try it, but since the TNC in the D7 is pretty much a "standard" TNC, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I've read where people are using the D7 as a packet radio 'station', and except for a few missing commands (I forget which ones), it worked OK.
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| I tried to work packet but couldn't find a BBS to connect to but I did get it to work in monitor mode and it did pick up some APRS traffic but that's it. |
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drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 | Yeah, even out here in L.A. there aren't any packet BBS's left.
Seems like nothing but DX clusters anymore....
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