So after having the Ic-4100 for a few weeks I got sick of bringing it inside and putting it back in the car all the time. I decided that I could justify a second radio, as the things I am lacking most is spare time, I need to embrace every second I can for my hobbies.
I considered buying a second IC-4100 but in the end decided to drop a little more, and get the IC-5100,. Again I wanted to be in the d-star ecosystem and I decided I wanted the dual receivers as I still enjoyed listening to the local FM repeaters although to be honest I have never really talked on them.
By comparison the IC-5100 seemed like taking a step back to the 80's the display was much bigger but a lot lower resolution. In an age where everyone is trying to jam as much information into as many pixels into smaller and smaller screens the pixels on this thing were massive.
I didn't bother with any add ons for this rig, I kind of wasted money on the accessories for the last one, so I went with it as is.
This radio is good it operates well, not that I'm trying for any majorly long distance QSO's or anything I spend most of the time using it to speak to the d-star AP about 30cm from the back of the radio :)
I really feel that the screen on this radio lets it down, but its functional and does what it is supposed to do.
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