[amsat-bb] Re: Which Handheld...

[Clint Bradford]

 >>...which handheld do you use or which
handheld is "the best" for sats. It must be full duplex.

There are no new full-duplex HTs on the amateur market. The Icom IC- 
W32a was the last nit to have true full-duplex.

Knowing that, the feature that is needed in an HT is the ability to  
RX on one band, and TX on another.

So you have dual-band, dual receive HTs (TH-F6a from Kenwood...user  
un-friendly VX-7R from Yaesu) that can do it - obviously. I overlook  
the Kenwood TH=D7A(g) because it is a battery hog and much older  
technology than what is now avalable in amateur HTs.

But there are also HTs that are dual-band, single-receive that work  
excellently. I show off the Yaesu FT-60R for my demos and sessions.  
1,000 memories, strongest belt clip of any HT on the amateur market,  
built tough, 108-to-a-gig receive, easy to program...and, when using  
its optional AA dry cell case, you are working at FULL POWER! Unlike  
the TH-F6a - when you use its AA case, you're at 1/2 of one Watt.

Al that in a radio for well under $200. See a picture of it in action  
in the December, '07 issue of CQ Magazine, where I am using the FT-60  
with an Arrow antenna to wow an audience at a fair demo.

Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359
909-241-7666



On Feb 1, 2008, at 1:10 AM, amsat-bb-request at amsat.org wrote:

>  I would like to know which handheld do you use or which
> handheld is "the best" for sats. It must be full duplex.
> Thanks in advance!