[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-13 Thread Alan
I ask about that yearly at Dayton. The answers, when not blank expressions, are along the lines of "Satellite operators already know this, and are a tiny fraction of our market compared to APRS." Obviously my suggestion that adding the phrase "Full Duplex Satellite Capable" might increase that

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-13 Thread Mike Murphree
On Sunday, April 13, 2014, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > > http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles/File/UnitedStates/Communications/AMA/Man > uals/TH-D72_CDROM_English.pdf > > Take a look at page 38 of the above manual PDF. It does it, they just don't > realize what this particular feature means to us.

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-13 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
at-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Murphree Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:53 PM To: Paul Stoetzer Cc: Clint Bradford; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Just the Kenwood TH-D72A

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2014-04-13 Thread Paul Stoetzer
No idea why it's not in the literature, but it definitely is full duplex, just like the earlier models of the D7 series. 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Mike Murphree wrote: > > > On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > >> Just the Kenwood TH-D72A. >> >> 73, >> >

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-13 Thread Mike Murphree
On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Just the Kenwood TH-D72A. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > > If the Kenwood is full-duplex, why don't they claim that anywhere in their literature? Mike N4MHO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expre

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2014-04-12 Thread Paul Stoetzer
> I know AMSAT is working hard to launch more sats. Wellmore flying > repeaters anyway. > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > > On 4/12/2014 3:52 PM, sgho...@optonline.net wrote: >>> >>> Message: 6 >>> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:30:32 - >>> From: &quo

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-12 Thread Kevin M
> 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 Sure, now you tell me that after I buy the Arrow with the diplexer! =^D  But seriously, I bought a used Arro

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2014-04-12 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Great point, Drew. KD2EXR does a great job on SO-50 with two Baofeng UV-B5s. Check out his QRZ.com page. His entire FM satellite station cost under $100 and he seems to hear just as well as anyone (probably better than most, actually). 73, Paul, N8HM On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Andrew Gla

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2014-04-12 Thread Michael
efully that changes soon enough. I know AMSAT is working hard to launch more sats. Wellmore flying repeaters anyway. 73, Michael, W4HIJ On 4/12/2014 3:52 PM, sgho...@optonline.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:30:32 - From: "John Geiger" To: "Clint Bradford&q

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-12 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
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 wrote: >> Some older full duplex HTs that you can pick

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2014-04-12 Thread Kevin M
> 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 experien

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2014-04-12 Thread sgholly
> Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:30:32 - > From: "John Geiger" > To: "Clint Bradford" , > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=origin

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2014-04-12 Thread Glenn AA5PK
: [amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D Just the Kenwood TH-D72A. 73, Paul, N8HM On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:30 PM, John Geiger wrote: Which current HT models do perform full duplex without any desense on the receive side? 73 John AF5CC - Original Message - From: "Clint Bradford"

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2014-04-12 Thread Paul Stoetzer
> To: > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:03 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D > > > >> If Alinco couldn't get true, full-duplex ops for working the U/V - V/U >> birds right at the $250 price point, >> I am not holding my breath for release of the

[amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D

2014-04-12 Thread John Geiger
Which current HT models do perform full duplex without any desense on the receive side? 73 John AF5CC - Original Message - From: "Clint Bradford" To: Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:03 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wouxun KG-UV8D If Alinco couldn't get true, full

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2014-04-12 Thread Clint Bradford
If Alinco couldn't get true, full-duplex ops for working the U/V - V/U birds right at the $250 price point, I am not holding my breath for release of the new Wouxun. Wouxun brought a couple demo models to IWCE last month. They slapped FCC ID numbers on them from another radio ... The only dea