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USE CALL SIGN ROUTING TO REACH YOUR FRIENDS AROUND THE GLOBE.  YOU CAN
UPDATE THE REPEATERS LIST FROM THE KENWOOD WEBSITE JUST DOWNLOAD THE FILE
AND USE THE MCP D74 SOFTWARE TO UPDATE THE LIST.  FIGURE 5 SHOWS THE D STAR
RECEPTION SCREEN.  D STAR HAS A REPUTATION FOR VERY BASIC, COMMUNICATIONS
QUALITY AUDIO.  LETS BE HONEST ITS NORMALLY HIGH PITCHED AND NASAL.  THE TH
D74A CAN IMPROVE THE AUDIO QUALITY WITH ITS INTEGRATED FOUR BAND PARAMETRIC
EQUALIZER EQ IN TRANSMIT MODE TX, AND IN RECEPTION MODE RX WITH ITS FIVE
BAND EQ.  NORMALLY YOU ONLY FIND THIS TYPE OF FEATURE ON AN HF RIG.  YOU
CAN SET THE TX EQ INDEPENDENTLY FOR D STAR AND ANALOG FM, BUT THE RX EQ
SETTINGS APPLY TO ALL MODES SEE FIGURE 6.  I HAD TWO TH D74AS FOR TESTING,
AND I COULD TEST THE AUDIO IN BETWEEN THE TWO UNITS.  YOU CAN HEAR THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE D STAR AUDIO COMPARISON EQ OFF/ON IN THE DIGITAL EDITION
VIDEO.  ANALOG FM THIS RADIO PERFORMS VERY WELL IN ANALOG.  ITS VERY
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