[amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?

[Jeff Yanko]

About April or May of last year I noticed that the full duplex HT's were 
disappearing from the ads except the Kenwood TH-D7(G).  Then about June or 
early July that one started disappearing as well.  I found that Ham Radio 
Outlet (HRO) still had them on hand and I ordered one right away.  A couple 
months later that was no loger offered at HRO and that's pretty much the 
last I've seen of them.

73,

Jeff  WB3JFS



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <n3tl at bellsouth.net>
To: "Dave-K7DAA" <dave at k7daa.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:19 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?


> Dave,
>
> There was a thread posted a few weeks ago about a new HT from Alinco, 
> reportedly to debut at Dayton, that will offer full-duplex operation.
>
> There are no current-production HTs that are full-duplex capable.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim - N3TL
> -------------- Original message from Dave-K7DAA 
> <dave at k7daa.com>: -------------- 
>
>
>> Folks:
>>
>> Sorry for the bandwidth, but I know this question comes up here
>> periodically. I've looked around quite a bit, but I can't seem to
>> locate any newer information about whether or not there are any
>> _current_ production HT's capable of transmitting on 2 meters while
>> simultaneously listening on the 437 downlink for use with the FM
>> sats. As far as I can tell, that answer is "no", but I wanted to make
>> sure that's the case before I go looking for a gently-used Icom W32A
>> or similar older unit. I'm tired of the "excitement" of having to
>> transmit in the blind when operating portable on SO-50! That got old
>> the first time I tried it late one night when there was no activity on
>> an overhead pass, had to try to switch on the TOT, then guess whether
>> I had actually done it correctly, etc...
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Dave - K7DAA
>>
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