[FARC] What's a good HT?

[William Kisse]

Jeff:

I have purchased a number of the Baofeng portables...all JUNK with the
exception of the UV-B5 UV-B6 radios.

I confirmed with the Baofeng U.S. distributor that this is a *totally
redesigned* model that has a good receiver.

All the other portables that I've tried from them have a very broad
front-end and are susceptible to overloading/intermodulation.

Checking the transmitter specs reveals a much cleaner spectrum - a caution
when using a power amplifier with the lesser units.

I've been using a UV-B6 for over a year and have not had the first issue.

Updated firmware makes programming easy as it's straightforward in all
respects.

If you don't want to use the FT-8900 for this, check out the RadioTone
cross-band repeater adapter that can connect two portables together for the
least expensive option to cover your dead spots.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Tone-Duplex-repeater-DTMF-controller-for-KG-UVD1P-/370478631806?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56423f4b7e

I've never used it, but have heard good reports on the RadioTone.


73,

Bill
W3MSH


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Jeff Fishman <ljfish1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I am gathering information on dual band HTs for amateur ops and the County
> Health Dept. At our last drill with the Health Dept., we discovered that
> the cafeteria at Linganore HS (the operations center) was an RF hole and we
> had a difficult time hitting the 06 repeater. We also see the need for an
> HT for portable use to relay with the Yaesu 8900 in their go kit.
>
> So what I'm looking for is a 2M/440 5W HT that does cross band repeat, is
> easy to use and program, and doesn't cost a fortune.
>
> What would you recommend?
>
> 73,
>
> Jeff KB3FIO
> FRED ARES EC
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