Personally I use a VX-8GR but that's because I bought it for the APRS TNC and now I have it. I think you're on the right track with Yaesu, basically any unit with a signal meter would do. I've always been impressed with their quality and capabilities. The FT-4XR does look nice, especially for the price.
And yes, my garbage Baofeng is as useless as yours in this use case! On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 1:50 PM Bryan Duke <br...@thedukes.org> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > My old Radio Shack Pro-164 scanner that I used for DFing to my TeleMinis > just died. My only HT is a crummy Baofeng with a worthless signal meter. > I’m headed to Hartsel to fly in a few weeks, so I need a replacement soon. > What’s everyone’s favorite (still in production & available) HT with a good > signal meter for hunting down TeleMini-avbay’ed rockets? > > For antennas, I’m using an Arrow 440-3, fox hunt loop and their offset > attenuator (all BNC connectors). I’ve read through sites like homingin and > others - I’m looking for real world rocket people recommendations please. > > I’d like to stay under $300, but I can go over if I need to. That said, I > don’t want to spend money just to spend money. I’d like to get an HT > instead of just a receiver/scanner so that I can ditch my Baofeng, but I > don’t have any other real requirements aside from being a good DFing unit > with my existing antennas. > > Yaesu VX-6R maybe? What about the much cheaper FT-4XR? Any others? > > Thanks a ton! > Bryan > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list -- altusmetrum@lists.gag.com > To unsubscribe send an email to altusmetrum-le...@lists.gag.com >
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