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Mine developed this error as well. But only on VHF. That is why it took me so long to notice. All FM communications were over UHF, only APRS on VHF. But it was weird that only two packets from the top of the hill were picked up by gateways :D Put it in for a repair, will post follow up when I...

Another happy usere here :)

Here comes TM-D710G, with integrated GPS receiver :)

It takes some design elements from Kenwood TH-D72. But man is this thing ugly, somewhere in the UV5R league :D Seriously, I want integrated APRS support in one of those, that would be great.

I have the Comet, great antenna, just try not to poke somebodies eye out, it is really long and wiggly :)

I have a few questions before doing the mod :) Is there any power drop when TX on the extended frequencies (173MHz in my case)? Is stock antenna OK for TX on 173MHz, or maybe Midland SRH-536 that I have, how would they perform? Thanks and 73!

They look cheap and ugly in my opinion, no mention of them on the official Yaesu page.

I thrid CHIRP, used it to program Baofengs, Kenwoods, Yaesus and Wouxuns, finally all of my rigs have the same channel setup with little to no effort :)

I have TH-D72, I choose it over Yaesu, beacuse of the firmware upgrade possibility, great PC connectivity and better looks :) I really like the ID-51, but D-Star here in S5 is not so popular, so spending all that money is a no-go here for me. Best thing would be for you to try them, find some...

I have to agree with kd-5-bgt. Start with something cheaper to see what do you really like. I started with Wouxun UVD1, then after a year I decided to go the TH-D72 way, APRS is a bless and lots of fun. In the meanwhile, I got HF rig, Yaesu FT-857d also :) And I still use my Wouxun :)

I use Kenwood SMC-34 mic on my TH-D72, has volume control and 3 programmable buttons on the top.

From another forum:

I only miss APRS, otherwise a great rig I believe...

New C4FM FDMA mobile rig from Yaesu

Finally dual-band future version of ID-31! Pre-release info New to the Tokyo Ham Fair 2012, the ID-51A/E Dual band D-STAR Handheld - News Icom News : Icom UK - two way radio transceivers, receivers and navigation products