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TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR SYSTEM FUSION REPEATERS.  I HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF
FUSION REPEATERS NEARBY, BUT WAS ABLE TO REACH BOTH WITH THE FT5DR.  WITH
THE RADIOS AUTOMATIC MODE SENSING ENABLED, IT WOULD INSTANTLY SWITCH
BETWEEN C4FM AND ANALOG FM, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE RECEIVED SIGNAL.
I HEARD MOSTLY ANALOG FM SIGNALS ON THE NEAREST FUSION REPEATER AT FIRST,
BUT SUDDENLY I PICKED UP THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND OF A DIGITAL TRANSMISSION,
FOLLOWED BY CLEAR AUDIO AS THE FT5DR SWITCHED TO C4FM AND BEGAN DECODING
THE DATA.  THE OPERATORS CALL SIGN APPEARED ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.  ONE OF
THE FUSION REPEATERS IN MY VICINITY IS ALSO A NODE CONNECTED TO YAESUS
WIRES X INTERNET LINKING NETWORK.  WIRES X ALLOWS YOU TO ENJOY VOICE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WIRES X USERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.  TO ACCESS THE
REPEATERS INTERNET LINK, ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PRESS AND HOLD THE GM/X
BUTTON.  THE FT5DR TRANSMITTED A BRIEF ACCESS SIGNAL AND, A COUPLE OF
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