Another point to consider is you can buy two of the cheap Chinese HTs for about what the diplexer in the Arrow costs. That's the cheapest way to get to full duplex.
73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Kevin M <n4...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Some older full duplex HTs that you can pick up at a fest or on eBay >> include Yaesu FT-470 and FT-530 and Icom W2A and W32A. >> >> 73 >> Glenn AA5PK > On the IC-W32A's... I read several places that the early ones with 5 digit > serial numbers are okay, but that is not necessarily true from my experience. > I bought two of them with five digit numbers over 11000 and still had the > desense problems. The determining factor, as best I can tell, is if it > receives in the 300 Mhz and 800 Mhz bands then it's possible it doesn't have > the desense problem. > > Just FYI for anyone looking... > > And I think you can ad IC-Z1a to that list. I found a pretty good list of > older compatible rigs here, not just HTs but all rig: > http://herrons.com/satellite-radios/ > > 73, N4UFO > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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
