Top 3 Ham digitals ::
- ICOM - DStar
- Yaesu - Fusion aka C4FM
- DMR (digital mobile radio aka Mototrbo) - many companies producing transceivers - DMR :fragments: BrandMeister, DMRplus, Mototrbo/MARC
** Excluded : NXDN, pDmr, P25, ect.
IMPORTANT FACT:
Interconnection : when talking about all of the digitals, none communicate with each other. A basic understanding is none of the different digitals talk together.
Frequency : All digitals use Amateur Radio frequencies same as Analog FM - VHF or UHF frequency band, in handheld/portable or mobile or base configuration
Cost saving : only one of the three digital has many many companies producing Transceiver. The other two * only have (1) one producer of transceivers. The cost of a DMR transceiver abt. $100 or a fifth to the other two digitals of about $500 per transceiver
Most popular : the first to market digital was DStar and since is the largest in the market, however with DMR manufacturers offering a large selection of affordable transceiver. DMR has grown in the market of multiples of 10x year over year. The third digital is Yaesu and has very slow growth.
Summary : they are all interesting , however DMR is the clear winner.
* Kenwood TH-D74 DStar transceiver
