P.S.... These (gd-77's) are often sold on discount. Last week you could get one for $ 75. Last one I bought, about 4 months ago, was $70 incl. express shipping. Gotta be willing to wait for a sale ......
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 5:05 AM Bob Finch <w...@amsat.org> wrote: > > 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
