[FARC] What's a good HT?

[William Kisse]

Also check out the Puxing  PX-UV973.

The portable has *full-duplex* cross-band repeat, is Part 97 and Part 90
FCC commercial certification.

Can be found on Ebay for about $75.00.

Ebay auction:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Band-PUXING-Radio-PX-UV973-VHF-UHF-New-Version-Puxing-PX-888K-/141081377379?pt=US_Ham_Radio_Transceivers&hash=item20d91afa63

My guess is that if you run it at less than full power it would be a
reliable alternative to an expensive Yaesu FT-8900.

It's piqued my interest and I believe I'll purchase one to test.

Worth a try.

73,

Bill
W3MSH


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:40 PM, William Kisse <williamkisse at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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