Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-07 Thread Brian Raker
On the Motorola side for FPP, you'd pretty much be limited to HT1550 (bling, hard to find used, need fpp battery) or JT1000 (hard to find as well, need FPP key/dongle). The Icom IC-F40GT was rumored to have FPP, but I've not seen a valid example surface (and all the tricks I have seen, I've tried

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-07 Thread Maire-Radios
you can do that with a Kenwood 3180 or NX-300 we sell them all that time for that use. John - Original Message - From: George Henry To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:52 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-07 Thread n6lrv
Don't know about the F40GT but the Icom IC-F40LT had front panel programming capability, so did its VHF counterpart the IC-F30LT. Versions with high serial numbers (above 3 if memory serves) were wide and narrowband capable. I still have one of each new in the box stowed away along with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-07 Thread Scott Yeager
I have a few Motorola GP68 FPP Radios I got from China/Ebay. They're great little radios and around 70$ shipped each. Have both UHF and VHF models.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-07 Thread George Henry
Thanks for all of the suggestions! Now to figure out what I can sell off to finance this acquisition George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413

[Repeater-Builder] GMRS HT recommendation?

2009-08-06 Thread George Henry
Looking for a recommendation for an HT for GMRS use which is either fully keypad programmable, or at least capable of changing tones from the keypad. A tone scan feature would be nice, but not a necessity... George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413