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STAR WITH MY HOTSPOT IN DV MODE, D STAR ON A REPEATER DR MODE, APRS
RECEPTION AND BEACON TRANSMIT, ANALOG FM ON A REPEATER WITH TONE SQUELCH,
RECEIVE HF CW AND SSB, LISTENED TO BROADCAST RADIO, PROGRAMMED MEMORIES,
AND SO ON.  FOR OPERATORS WHO ARE NOT INTO COMPUTERS, THIS RADIO IS A GOOD
CHOICE.  ITS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SAVE AND RESTORE YOUR TRANSCEIVERS
CONFIGURATION ON A MICRO SD CARD NOT INCLUDED.  D STAR THERE ARE TWO D STAR
MODES SEE FIGURE 3 DV DIGITAL VOICE FOR SIMPLEX OR HOTSPOT OPERATIONS AND
DR DIGITAL REPEATER FOR REPEATER OPERATIONS.  WHEN YOU ARE IN DR MODE, YOU
ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE REPEATERS LIST SEE BELOW AND CANT SET UP A DIGITAL
SIMPLEX FREQUENCY IN VFO MODE.  TO DO SO, YOU NEED TO SWITCH TO DV MODE.
YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO DR OR DV IF YOU USE A MEMORY CHANNEL.  D STAR DV AND
DR IS AVAILABLE ON BOTH VFO A AND VFO B, BUT ONLY ONE AT A TIME.  IF YOU
ARE IN DIGITAL ON VFO A, YOU WONT BE ABLE TO SELECT DIGITAL WITH VFO B AND
VICE VERSA.  BY DEFAULT, THE RADIO INCLUDES A D STAR REPEATERS LIST THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE CLOSEST DIGITAL REPEATER FROM YOUR GPS LOCATION
SEE FIGURE 4.  THIS IS VERY USEFUL WHEN YOU TRAVEL, AND YOU CAN THEN EASILY
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