On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:02:45 CST, "
wrote:

Mike, you've seen enough other licensed radio amateurs by now to
understand that, technically, they are rather conservative in
adopting "new" things. My own opinion is 'uber-conservative' but
that is just personal. :-)

Some of it is just economic. I'll be damned if I'm going to buy an
$800 ICOM D-Star VHF/UHF digital radio that operationally doesn't give
me any more than my existing VHF and UHF ICOM "rice boxes".

Especially since I just invested $2K in an Elecraft K2/100 HF rig with
all the bells and whistles.
--

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net