[amsat-bb] HT for sats

[John Geiger]

Does desense on 2m occur with using Mode B FM satellites in full duplex on
other current HTs?

73 John AF5CC

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:

> Also, other than the battery, I'm not sure the TH-D72 will outperform
> the IC-W32 for satellite use. The lowest cost option would be to
> simply acquire a new battery for the aging IC-W32 unless there are
> other problems with it.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:57 PM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Kenwood TH-D72 is the only in production HT that is truly full duplex
> > in that it won't desense the receiver on 70cm when you TX on 2m. This is
> > important for SO-50 and any birds with similar band usage. It also has
> > APRS/packet so you can use it with digipeaters.
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Jan 25, 2018 12:37 PM, "James Sanford" <k8zzu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >>  after moving several years ago,  I'm getting back into sats and would
> >> like a new HT  ( IC W32 is aging).looking at  the FT-70dr but is there a
> >> better choice??  TNXs K8zzu
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