[GCARC] Going Mobile on VHF / UHF

[Christopher Wawak]

I really like the yaesu FTM-300d. I'm happy with its performance both at
home and in the car. It does all the cool APRS stuff, too. It has just
"worked" for me.

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 8:50 AM Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings All!
>
> I recently replaced my old Ford truck with a very similar one that is ten
> years newer.  The first thing I thought about was putting a mobile
> transceiver in it. In the old days, I always had a 2 meter FM transceiver
> in my vehicles, up until about the mid 90's, but got away from that while I
> was QRT for 20 years or so. For whatever reason, I am now interested in
> doing that again.
>
> The problem now is, there are so many options, maybe too many.  Two meter
> only, dual band, FM only, C4FM, D-Star, etc. And while I prefer FM to any
> digital voice mode, I really want to be where the most activity is. I
> should reveal that I currently have an older Kenwood dual band FM only
> radio in the shack, and a newer Yaesu 2m FM HT, but I really want to buy a
> new or newer used radio for the truck, perhaps with more modes or bands, if
> possible. I just don't know what to get.
>
> So if anyone is currently active on the VHF and UHF voice modes, especially
> from the mobile, please reply and give me some insight, especially on where
> you find the most activity these days. And put it out on the reflector if
> you can, so that others who may be wondering the same thing can get the
> benefit of your feedback. I am looking forward to hearing from many of you
> very soon. Thanks and 73!
>
> Tony Starr, K3TS
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-- Chris