#thd75 — Public Fediverse posts

So instead of a new HT I came home with a hotspot, a speaker mic for the ID-50a, and a few cables. Nearly bought an SDRPlay, but I need to figure out if it will do what I want. #hamradio #kenwood #thd75

The APRS stuff looks cool, and the screen is brighter than the ID-52a…but oy even with the manual I found it painful to play with. Although, to be fair, the manual in question was on my phone, and standing at a store counter is not a great learn-the-new-radio environment #hamradio #kenwood #thd75

For example, why doesn’t its repeater list allow FM repeaters like Icom does? And why couldn’t we get a GPS lock? And why, oh why is the bluetooth not compatible with Air Pods? If you’re going to use some other standard, you’d best be selling a compatible BT headset…but nope. #hamradio #kenwood #thd75

I spent a few hours at HRO yesterday trying to talk myself into liking and buying the Kenwood TH-D75. I still want to want it, but so much on that radio is just odd or broken. It wasn’t fun to use. #hamradio #kenwood #thd75

At #HamRadio2024, I treated myself with a #thd75. I am confused on what the [CALL] button is supposed to do. From the manual, I get that this provides quick access to a "calling" frequency. So, pressing [CALL] and menu 204 should be identical. Yet, all my device does, is entering TX like PTT but only when in analog modes.

I just updated the firmware to 1.03 without any effect on this behavior.

Anybody able to shed some light on this.

#fedihelp #kenwood #th_d75 #hamr #ham #hamradio