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

[Howard Kowall]

I just sold my FT8800R,maybe I should have kept it and rig up a Gel Cell or 
Small 7500ma hr lead acid battery or something similar to power it up,I 
always ran it up on low power anyways.Oh well cant look back now.
Howard
VE4ISP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall at shaw.ca>
To: "AMSAT-BB at amsat.org" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:35 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?


> Well I stand corrected
> Like my Late Father used to say "anyone who has not made a mistake ,has 
> not
> made a decision "
> Very sorry about that,I guess they just painted a big picture
> I apologize for that
> Howard
> VE4ISP
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andy MacAllister" <w5acm at swbell.net>
> To: "'AMSAT BBS'" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:29 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: No current production full-duplex HT's?
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
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