[amsat-bb] New Handheld for SO-50

[John Brier]

The only full duplex radio on the market that doesn't desense* on
SO-50 is the Kenwood TH-D72. There are several out of production
radios that also work with it, like some revisions of the Icom IC-W32.

*I have a TH-D72 and I find I intermittently experience some desense
when I use full power. At low power (500 mW I believe) I never
experience desense. I know of one other person who has this problem.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:40 PM Kees van Oosbree via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been working the birds for a while now, and I have been using only 2
> Boafengs.  I've realized they desense VERY easily on SO-50 and even AO-91
> and 92.  I have a band pass filter for the FOX sats, so I can hear my
> downlink.  However, I still haven't figured out a way to get full duplex on
> SO-50.  Are there any dual-band handhelds that can receive SO-50?
>
> 73 de KE0STO
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