[amsat-bb] Re: New ICOM VHF / UHF / SHF Radio

Simon (HB9DRV) simon at hb9drv.ch
Sun Aug 23 13:26:03 PDT 2009


Also I suggest that for satellite work a radio with such staggeringly good 
RX figures is overkill.

Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Duffey" <jamesduffey at comcast.net>


> As far as I am aware, the current firmware in the K3 does not allow
> full duplex. If it did, you would still have to buy the KRX3
> subreceiver at $600 and probably find transverters for 144 MHz ansd
> 432 MHz that do not share the same IF. As far as satellite operation
> goes, the K3 is not quite ready for prime time. - Duffey



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