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

[Andy MacAllister]

Hi Howard, Jeff, Tim, Dave, et al,

Sorry, but the VX-8R is NOT full duplex. It is true - there are no 
current-production full-duplex HTs out there. The Alinco USA folks did say 
that they would have a full-duplex DJ-G7 HT at Dayton. It is currently 
offered in Japan. Another comment that surfaced was that the HT would be 
available in the US around June. If it is coming to the US sometime this 
year, I will certainly be interested. It is a tri-band unit with 2M, 70cm 
and 23cm. That sounds like fun! Power output on 23cm is lower than 2M and 
70cm, but a gain antenna should fix that...

I have a pair of Alinco DJ-580T HTs. I bought my first one new in 1992, did 
some appropriate mods, and started using it for satellite contacts. It still 
looks and works great even after a number of cruises and other portable 
operations. I had both of them with me on a February cruise and got a chance 
to discover that they are both in fully-operational condition with 
reasonably good sensitivity on 70cm receive. Hopefully the DJ-G7 will 
perform as well or better. My other full-duplex HTs include the Kenwood 
TH-D7 and the Yaesu FT-530.

GL! Andy W5ACM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall at shaw.ca>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:56 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?


> Hello
> I believe the Yaesu VX8R,VX7R are still available
> And the VX8R Is fairly new to Yaesu's HT Line UP
> I think they are full duplex HT's
> Just my 2 cents
> Howard
> VE4ISP
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs at cox.net>
> To: <n3tl at bellsouth.net>; "Dave-K7DAA" <dave at k7daa.com>;
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:03 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?
>
>
>> 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