[amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-736R versus newer transceivers

[Paul Stoetzer]

>From everything I've read, the 736R has a fine receiver. The only
issue with using it with satellites today is if you want to use
computer control, the CAT port is unidirectional. You can send
frequency updates to it, but not read the frequency data from the
radio. The limitation that introduces is you can't use the tuning knob
to tune around the passband, you'll have to use the controls in
SatPC32 (or other software).

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann at comcast.net> wrote:
> Please help me out with critical comments about receiver sensitivity vis-a-vis the venerable FT-736R and latest 2-m/70-cm all-mode transceivers best suited for AMSAT work.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave N4CVX
>
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