I've had a HX870 for about 5 years. For the past year or so I noticed corrosion on one of the charging points of the radio. Apparently this has caused some resistance and heat as it stopped charging and I found the plastic supporting the contact has melted enough to become deformed.
So, time for new radio.
I've been studying the HX890 and the differences with the HX870. One main difference is the HX870 has two separate receivers, one for regular channels and one for DSC on channel 70. The HX890 does not.
Before I knew I needed a new handheld, I thought I read a post where somebody said the HX890 "scanned" scanned channel 70 and it was annoying when listening to a conversation on another channel.
Anybody know if I remembered correctly and the scanning of Ch 70 is annoying?
The marketing makes it sound the like HX890 is an improvement but going from Class D to Class H, supposedly to simplify DSC, sounds like a down grade.
Anybody upgrade from the HX870 to HX890 and wish they stayed with the HX870?
So, time for new radio.
I've been studying the HX890 and the differences with the HX870. One main difference is the HX870 has two separate receivers, one for regular channels and one for DSC on channel 70. The HX890 does not.
Before I knew I needed a new handheld, I thought I read a post where somebody said the HX890 "scanned" scanned channel 70 and it was annoying when listening to a conversation on another channel.
Anybody know if I remembered correctly and the scanning of Ch 70 is annoying?
The marketing makes it sound the like HX890 is an improvement but going from Class D to Class H, supposedly to simplify DSC, sounds like a down grade.
Anybody upgrade from the HX870 to HX890 and wish they stayed with the HX870?