[amsat-bb] Unsuccessful Uplinks - AO-92

[Paul Andrews]

FYI - using a preamp in front of the Baofeng will make an amazing improvement.

I have used VOX T/R preamps that cost 10x the price of the Baofeng -
but it is a game changer.

Is anyone using the Baofeng for TX only and an SDR (Funcube Dongle)
for RX?   This seems like a good setup.



On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2:27 PM John Marranca, Jr <KB2HSH at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> I agree about the Baofengs being somewhat deaf.  In the past, I was able a
> few times to work SO-50 with the UV3R that I used to carry...and recently
> the UV5RA and dual-band whip has been used during the day while I'm out
> working. I thought that AO-91/92 sounded pretty good.  That is, until I
> hooked up my 40 year old IC-2AT to my turnstile.  AMAZING how well the
> ancient Icom can hear. Who knew?!
>
> KB2HSH
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