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No, it was requested in 2021, granted 7/24/2023.

I was made aware of this on another forum. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-633A1.pdf I know the "new channels" discussion got heated, this ought to get some discussion flowing. Lets hope this doesn't become an annoyance with pavement princesses texting and transmitting their location every 10 seconds.

This is part of SSB operation 101.

Part 97 only requires testing from manufacturers to ensure they don't produce 20,000 units that are junk and spewing spurious emissions (though, it still happens). There is no testing requirements for an amateur licensee to get testing, however, part 97 is very clear on spurious emissions: § 97.307 Emission standards

NE Ohio to SE Tennessee. I was using my 705 with my Little Tarheel II with the TuneMatic controller. I decided to keep it on 6m this trip for simplicity.

I just did a 550 mile trip (one way) and had 6m scanning all the time, including calling frequencies and every 6m repeater along the drive. I heard a few IDs, but zero activity sadly.

Woke up to one storm this past week in the middle of nowhere. Information was better jumping on the Skywarn net than NOAA. I did listen to both, but having zero internet access, it was easier to get information from someone on the net who could look at the radar and using their experience to see how long the storm will hang around.

I have it in the car. Better to listen to the updates on the road then mess with the phone. Don't use alerts, and don't use it very often, but it's nice to have when needed, especially traveling in unfamiliar places.

Typically you test it with a dummy load on the output, and you can leave the RX unattached. Just keep your duty cycle down (in accordance with your dummy load rating) and watch out, it will get hot.

Ohio just passed new distracted driving laws as well. The biggest thing is it can now be a primary offence for being pulled over, but there are some odd things in the rules, such as you can use a cell phone and hold it up to your ear, but cannot hold it for GPS usage.

Agreed. My truck is 6'5" to the roof, add the 2/70B spring, and I'm not concerned about the 7'2" garage heights I am stuck with. Sure, it hits, but still looks brand new.

How has it been working for you? How is the bluetooth programming?

I've noticed that problem before too, not exclusive to Motorola as it showed up on my Kenwood HT over P25. I think it is more related to the Noise Suppression (or ANR in Kenwood) in low background noise situations. ANR is designed to cancel out sirens and industrial noise like fire truck pumps, and when its looking to remove a loud noise that isn't there, it causes problems.

That's a smoking deal. I'm jealous......

I see this comment/suggestion a ton, or similar. Its a lot more complicated than that. DMR, P25 & NXDN are permitted on amateur radio, however, D-star is not a permitted mode on business/public safety radio. It would honestly be a firmware nightmare. The reason people use commercial digital radios in amateur radio is to get secondary (or primary) use outside of amateur radio. To build a radio that can also do all commercial digital radio, yet acknowledge the amateur bands and permit dstar only in the amateur range will be a pain. You have to realize that besides the few (myself being one of them) nobody is going to pay what they would be forced to ask. Right now, for the NX5000, conventional P25 entitlement is listed at $600 per radio, and DMR is around $100. That would mean, if the D74/D75 hardware is up to the task, the $600 hardware + $600 + $100 + NXDN costs = $ 1300+ radio to be locked down to amateur band. Would you pay that? I wouldn't, and I'm looking at more expensive items as well. Why not make them include YSF as well (this is open source). It should also be noted that the brand new VP8000 is the first radio I'm aware of that actually recognizes GMRS & Amateur radio as wideband out the gate in the firmware/software without additional purchases. That radio is going to cost an individual about $4000, well into IC7610 territory for a handheld. Looking more at this D75, I probably won't get one since I have the D74, unless new features are announced at the Tokyo hamfest end of the year. I'm more excited to see the D710 "replacement" announced at Tokyo than this HT.

No one said it was amateur use.....

Have fun guys, won't be making it this year.

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

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.

Yea. In my case, its more beneficial to run separate lines as I might also include a mast mounted pre-amp for better receive.

Yea, I was searching last month for a switch that would hold up at 1200MHz. Couldn't find a single one. Well, if I remember, there is an old bird switch that is NLA, but was about $2000. I decided the project would have better results if I just went and ran individual hardlines for what I needed, and either manual switch at the base station, or physically move the coax between radios.

I did try to get to the ISS again a few weeks back. Using my 9700 and this application https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRDNDF7, I was able to hear it and other satellites, but the time frame is so short, and its such a mess trying to get in, it takes some patience. I also realized I need to upgrade feedline to get better reception on UHF, as the 75' of 400MAX is not excellent.

10, 12 & 15 meters have been killer, even way into the dark hours. I even got one 2m FT8 contact, and 6m has been open more often than usual.

I'm always surprised what can be done with only 5 watts on HF when things align. Since becoming licensed in 2020, I have 93 countries confirmed, totaling 648 grid squares. Lots of Europe and South America. I also got a new Africa station on Monday that isn't in my total log yet.

I have learned on RPM14, you have to be careful when setting up their tables. At times, they want the TX input first, and if you put RX like any other software, it throws "out of band" errors, because you didn't calc the proper offset for the TX. Very different software, can't tell if I am doing anything correctly as I don't have any hardware to test.