Easy answer Bryan; openGD77....it has a RSSI Bar Graph on the display by default. PLUS numeric readout is available as a menu selection. Any menu selection can be macro programmed for a two button (press and release) with a single button push exit. ( I use this A LOT !!) PLUS it has a single button press-and-hold to open the squelch and wide-band the filtering.
Good dual-band radio that works as good as any other, plus it is OPEN_SOURCED firmware and code-plug software, that was/is community developed. The hardware is VERY affordable AND rugged. (I drop mine often enough to say so.... hi hi. It *IS* my daily use VHF'UHF hamd-held.) Oh yeah, the price is right on the hardware, and the last one I ordered was here in 4 days. Over the past 50 years as a ham, I will generally buy a second radio IF it is worthy, more especially if I am using it often. I have THREE of these !! (And, yes, since you would ask; I *do* use these at the rocket range. It is the only hand-held radio I use at the rocket range.) openGD77 dot com -> FAQ Thread - FAQ Topic -> Read message for the Link-2-Manual. VERY best regards - Bob W9YA On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:50 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 _______________________________________________ altusmetrum mailing list -- altusmetrum@lists.gag.com To unsubscribe send an email to altusmetrum-le...@lists.gag.com
