[amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios

[clintbrad4d@earthlink.net]

But the ability to crossband repeat doesn't automatically mean that a radio can monitor a satellite's downlink while transmitting to it ....

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From:  "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
Subj:  Re: [amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios
Date:  Mon Jun 1, 2009 12:55 pm
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To:  "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d at earthlink.net>,<amsat-bb at amsat.org>




> Really? Dual-receive, indeed. And will perform crossband repeating.
> But I can transmit on one band and simultaneously hear myself on
> another with a FT-8800?

How else would it be able to cross band repeat? Page three of the manual:

"Featuring 1054 memory channels (527 channels each for "Main" and "Sub" 
band), full
duplex operation with independent Volume and Squelch controls, and built-in 
CTCSS and
DCS encoder/decoder circuits, ..."

73, Drew KO4MA