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Great information guys, thanks for the help. I think I'll pull the trigger on the Yaesu 1900R and take the advice of hauling around a manual with me so I can learn as I go.
Ha Greg in the same boat myself.. Good stuff...
I wish both of you were in town last night, Jack & Ryan (Wasatch Cruisers) did a phenomenal job covering the basics at our class. Their setups are pretty damn cool.
As far as 2M versus a dual band 2M/70cm. For the first time I am left wanting. I've got 2M in both vehicle, a HT 2M and a 2M setup on my workbench in the garage... never before had I missed out. Well last night we really covered the guts of the IRLP, I knew about the basis, everything you read to get your tech that is but had really never given it second thought for my uses. Well now that I'm looking into it I'm finding that there are far more repeaters running IRLP on the 70cm in Utah than there are on 2M. In fact in all of SL County area there are really only 3 2M IRLP's and all are restricted to my knowledge. I did some trade work with a customer for a HF base unit, now I need to get it up and running so I can play around with the 70cm stuff.
Beyond that, everyone I've ever been on the trail with has had or been using 2M. Many of the commonly uses repeater systems including the popular Sinbad Repeater system covering the Swell and such is 2M though many likely have 70cm, etc as well. I don't regret getting myself setup in all 2M stuff but now that I'm confident I'll continue to use the radios often I'm ready to move into some new realms. :sombrero: