[ICOM] Worth of radios..

[Gareth Gammon]

I second Adam's suggestion. I have two IC-H16's. Big, bulky, but  
practically indestructable. Easily field programmable and battery  
packs are still readily available as are cases.

73
Gareth VE7CGG

On 2009-09-12, at 1:09 PM, Adam Farson wrote:

> On the subject of HT's. I have favoured pressing commercial (LMR)  
> handhelds
> into amateur service for as long as I can remember, starting with  
> Motorola
> and Repco crystal-controlled units in the mid-1970's and later the  
> Icom
> IC-H16 and IC-U16.
>
> The LMR radios have far better intermod rejection than the amateur  
> HT's as a
> rule. (Doubtless, there are some exceptions such as the single-band  
> Radio
> Shack HTX202 and 404, which were ham band only.) An LMR transceiver  
> must
> meet receiver as well as transmitter performance criteria in some  
> countries,
> so generally incorporates a multi-pole tracking preselector.
>
> Currently, I am using an Icom IC-F70T and IC-F80T (VHF and UHF
> respectively). These radios have 75 dB intermod rejection, and I have
> operated them in such places as downtown Vancouver and even central  
> London
> without hearing any of the typical intermod "munge". Both radios are
> optioned for field programmability, and it was very easy to program in
> blocks  of European repeater pairs with 1750 Hz tone-burst, UK  
> repeaters
> with CTCSS and North American repeaters (carrier and CTCSS). I  
> assigned the
> tone-burst to the red emergency key on the top panel.
>
> These radios show up on the second-hand market from time to time, at
> reasonable prices.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
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