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This is the route I am also taking. I just passed my Technician test, and am studying for my General and Amateur Extra tests. I favor GMRS, but I am moving to a state with a lot of land and not a lot of people, so I thought it would be fun (and perhaps useful) to get my amateur license as well.

I just got my GMRS license and now I am a member here. Looking forward to learning and growing with my knowledge and proficiency with radios and getting to know the community. Eventually I want to get an amateur license eventually, but we'll see. I will be needing (as most newbies) help and advice and am really excited about the process.

The D74 does have access to the TNC through both bluetooth and usb, I would expect that to carry into the D75

I ask the same question on their facebook page. I am gonna guess it's open to all since they posted the PL for it. Or at least that's the way I am gonna treat it until told otherwise.

Expect to see those used prices drop drastically once the 75 reaches market... I don't need another radio (I have both a D74 and ID-52 -- along with half a dozen other dual-band [or even 3.5 bands for the VX-8DR -- flea power 222MHz doesn't deserve a full band if Kenwood can manage full power in the D74]). However, it is nice to see that Kenwood is still in the arena -- the most recent HRO catalog showed NO Kenwood HTs, not even their old 2m-only standby.

I was chastised by a "helpful" HAM two decades ago for inadvertently using a 10-code with a fellow off duty LEO on 2m. It just amazes me how HAMs will use Q codes on voice and end their transmissions on 2m with 73s and then complain about other people. Of course, I don't play well with others.

Wait till the official announcement and details this week (could be today when the Hamvention opens) as Kenwood has shown up to Dayton this year. The keypad looks more robust than the D74 (I lost a key on mine). I also hope the battery life is better than the D74. Honestly, I probably won't see any need to get it though. I'm more interested to see if they have a mobile counterpart announced as well.

I owned TH-D72 some time ago. It had atrocious battery life with APRS on, like 3 hours or even less, while my FT-1XD happily runs all day (~10 hours) with APRS. I sold D72, and I often regret selling it. I also often do not regret selling it, especially after riding MTB in the hills all day and camping, while using FT-1XD. What I truly miss is an AX25 modem in D72, fully accessible from PC. If D75 has a modem accessible from PC, I would seriously consider it. Yaesu radios do not allow modem to be used by external devices.

I am personally willing to pay ID52 prices for the new D75, but anything over that will be a no-go for me, yet I find it hard to believe that they will sell this unit for my then 5-600 dollars. With everything coming out on this I am very excited to see more about it. Looks to be a very big contender in the HT market and hopefully will cause the other companies to up their game.

I was thinking along the same lines. Even at or just a ove the same price point of the id52, a new d75 would almost be a no brainer vs a used d74

Welcome in! Ask us anything. If we don't know we'll make something up. Just kidding. There's a substantial knowledge base here.

Last week I was talking with someone on GMRS via local repeater (he is also a ham) and a ham friend of his broke in to say hello (he had just gotten his GMRS lic.) he was welcomed to the dark side and he said do you guys say 73, the gentleman I was speaking with said yeah and 10-4 too ?. There are happy hams out there ?

That's funny I also have a uv 9g and yeah I absolutely love the wouxun kg-935g better. Ok maybe I just missed something, I got confused on the chirp app when it opened up separate windows when I tried to save everything on one radio to put on the other. I think I have it somewhat figured out though. Thanks again for getting back to me, I'll have to go back onto chirp on both radios and see if it wasn't something I missed.

If you can only talk 200 ft, I would venture that you are talking off the driver only and that the final transistor is blown. The usual culprit is super high SWR, coupled with long key-downs. High SWR can be caused by a bad antenna, pinched coax, failure to properly install the coax connector on the radio, or transmitting without any antenna (load) attached.

Yeah, I have the Icom ID-52a and I absolutely love it. I also quite enjoy D-Star and run it with a hotspot and it works great. This new Kenwood has some features that the Icom doesn't which has me so interested in it. As much as I love my ID52 I would very much be happy with going over to the D75a if it really does have all these features, the only thing that would hold me back is if they are asking some outrageous price. I won't pay more than want I did for my icom and that thing was as high as I would go for a HT.

Count me in the same boat....so much cool stuff that was discontinued by the time I got my ticket, so my interest is piqued. I'm always tempted to try something new, and the icom id52 had me curious, but this has some positives over the icom, even if it rings in at around the same price. Wanting actual APRS was pushing me to yaesu, though interface wise I prefer my icom, and have still been tempted to jump to the id5100. (Sorry, rambling)

Gigaparts has the FT5DR for $330 right now.

You’re right; the Yaesu doesn’t transmit on 220. Maybe it does if I do the MARS/CAP mod, but there’s nobody around here to talk to on 220 anyway. Neither are there any D*Star repeaters around here. I agree that it looks great and I sure wouldn’t turn one down.

10-4.

Please tell me that was a Jeep! That would make it even funnier!

@Lscott I am always impressed with the seemingly endless amount of information you have at the ready for download. Bravo sir. This is the limited amount I have programmed in that seems to get used here RR-ONBRD 160.440000 RR-PB 160.485000 RR-SLO 160.875000 RR-SL/SB 161.550000 On board, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

This place just never stops giving...

GMRS isn't H.A.M. radio or Grindr and its primary purpose is not for "hailing" or "making contacts" with strangers. The main purpose of GMRS is to talk with other members of your "group" - ie; while out adventuring/off-roading/hiking/ect, so it is not surprising that you're not finding strangers to talk with. Many people commonly use Ch19 while driving for traffic reports, etc, but its use is not widespread.

Got my GMRS license last week and have my equipment on the way, so we'll see how it goes.

This is the funniest F*king thread i've seen in a long time. You guys are a great resource for me!