I purchased an interesting radio that might be an inexpensive way to
operate full duplex on the FM sats.
The radio cost $65 including shipping and all accessories. It runs 2W on
both 2M and 70cm. It has
almost all the bells and whistles you would expect on a dual band handi. 99
memories -
- Original Message -
From: Geert Jan de Groot pe1...@amsat.org
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:00:24 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use (maybe not)
I purchased an interesting radio that might be an inexpensive way to
operate full
Excellent idea and post, Tom.
I have posted two YouTube videos of the Baeofeng UV-3R being used for
satellite work. I would suspect performance of the UV-X4 to be
similar in nature. AC0RA and I have made a few Baofeng to Baofeng
contacts to test the performance on several of the LEO FM
Looks like a knock off of Yaesu VX-3. For $65 not bad
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On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG kayakfis...@gmail.com
wrote:
Excellent idea and post, Tom.
I have posted two YouTube videos of the Baeofeng UV-3R being used for
satellite work. I would suspect
You can find them for $46 shipped on ebay.
73s John AA5JG
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, KP4TR (Ramon Gonzalez)
kp4tr.ra...@gmail.com wrote:
Looks like a knock off of Yaesu VX-3. For $65 not bad
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On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG
:49:11 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use
Excellent idea and post, Tom.
I have posted two YouTube videos of the Baeofeng UV-3R being used for
satellite work. I would suspect performance of the UV-X4 to be
similar in nature. AC0RA and I have made a few
- Original Message
From: Clayton Coleman W5PFG kayakfis...@gmail.com
To: Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com
Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 11:49:11 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use
Excellent idea and post, Tom.
I have
- Original Message
From: Clayton Coleman W5PFG kayakfis...@gmail.com
To: Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com
Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 11:49:11 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use
Excellent idea and post, Tom.
I have posted
At 06:01 AM 1/13/2012, George Henry wrote:
Main drawback appears to be that they are not full duplex... but at those
prices, why not buy TWO?
All of my full duplex sat operation has been with 2 radios, so why
not. :) There are some advantages of running two radios, especially
where the
