Saw all the Flex goodies at the DX Convention here in Visalia today. Dunno, I still like to twist knobs, but it is quite a system they have...
John W6ZKH ________________________________ From: Michael Tondee <mat...@netcommander.com> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 6:25:45 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Radios for satellite operations The Kenwood TS-2000 and 2000X are still out there. They have an annoying birdie right smack dab on the downlink of SO-50 and AO-27 but both of those are FM sats. You can work around the birdie with a preamp but the pass time is shortened a bit because you are waiting for the receive frequency to get a little bit away from the birdie so you can hear. I don't know of any issues with SSB/CW sats though. Icom is coming out with a new radio that has HF plus sat capapbility but for the price I've heard you could just about buy a Flex 5000A and add the soon upcoming V/U module for not much more. The Flex 5000A is cutting edge technology but you have to get over most hams confounded affinity for knobs. I just got my 5000A today. I chose it over replacing the TS-2000X I used to have with another. It will be awhile before I can afford to add the V/U module but I'm willing to wait because IMHO the Flex is head and shoulders above any other radio on the market today. 73, Michael, W4HIJ On 4/16/2010 12:18 PM, Jacob Tennant wrote: > Was wondering today after searching around on the internet, what radios are > people using for satellite operations as I noticed the ICOM IC-910H and the > Yaesu FT-847 are now discontinued? > > > > Was hoping to get into the SSB/CW satellites but was hoping to do it on a > new radio, but it seems the satellite radios are disappearing from the > market. > > > > I do have a Yaesu FT-857D that I am getting setup to do the FM satellites > with and will try the SSB/CW satellites if I can do it with that radio. > > > > Jacob Tennant - K8JWT > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
