Choosing the right DMR radio for your business will help you a lot. With the expansion of commercial scale, It is necessary to offer a fast and effective response. So Instant communication is becoming more and more popular in the business area.

In order to realize this goal, More and more businesses choose to use the radios, and lots of businesses choose the Analog model radio like License-free radio. For the small business, the License-free radio has fully meet their requirements, like the small hotel and restaurant.

But if your working area is large, like the hotel more than 5 floors, like the construction site, like the warehouse, the larger the working area, the more communication blind spots there are. In addition to this, if you want to make groups manage your team, the license-free radio or the analog mode radio can’t meet the requires.

So choose a DMR radio will be your best choice.
More about this blog: http://blog.retevis.com/choose-the-right-dmr-radio-for-your-business/

First off... amazing resource.  I’m very excited to have found this community!

After reading these posts, I am interested by two systems most for their portability, low power consumption, and range.

1.  https://www.lnrprecision.com/mountain-toppers/

2.  http://qrp-labs.com/qsx.html  (Comming soon?)

Being able to communicate hundreds of miles on a few AA batteries is nothing short of magical.
I would love to see something like this in action, or learn about other similar systems that may fit the bill.  If anyone has something like this on Long Island and is a member here please message me and I would be so happy to see a working set up.

I would be happy to build as a kit as well, as I’m very hands on.
Looking forward to your thoughts
Thanks again!

https://qrp-labs.com/qsx.html

When will QSX be available?
We don't have an exact date, it depends how long it takes to finish all the above features and manufacture it etc. *Hopefully* something like November 2018, but this could change. Any updates will be published on this page.

Update 25-Jan-2019:
Development continues, progress is being made but there are a lot of details to take care of. Still no update on projected completion dates yet.

Update 05-Nov-2018:
We have some delays due to poor health, see https://groups.io/g/QRPLabs/message/27851 - recovering nicely now so will make more progress soon and update on this page.

Regarding the last link in there — I wish Hans Summers the very best health recovery!

I'd say no, you really need a 7S...

Gil.

I finally got my Elecraft K2 on the air. Long story short, I bought it pre-assembled / used back in March, but when I tried it out I only got static. The radio is in mint condition, so I’m not sure if the original builder/seller ever got it working.... For a while was stumped, and regretted purchasing it. So I concentrated on getting on the air and making QSOs with the QCX transceiver I assembled.

My Elmer, Ken, took the radio into his shop and correctly diagnosed and repaired all the problems. He used calibrated test equipment to get the radio correctly aligned. All I can say is WOW. It’s so quiet and can pull out the weakest signals from the background noise. Ken showed me the K2 alongside some of his high-end rigs, and the K2 was just as quiet and had just as clear of a signal. The K2s a pleasure to just leave on and listen to. Although I still really enjoy the QCX, going from the QCX to the K2 is a bit like going from a 2-stroke moped to a Rolls Royce, at least in terms of noise.