[ICOM] There Is A Dual Bander That Can Do VHF/VHF and UHF/UHF 08/1917
Paul Manuel
k4pdm at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 19 11:12:58 EDT 2017
Almost every true dual band radio that has been made in the last several years are capable of receiving the same band on both sides simultaneously--Kenwood, Yaesu, and Icom.
The current IC-2730 does it perfectly, as does my Yaesu FT-8900, which came out about 15 years ago.
73 Paul K4PDM
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On Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9:40 AM, WD8ARZ <wd8arz at comcast.net> wrote:
Qsl on all comments about Icom Dual Bander, have several Icoms and love
em all. Note however that there is a dual bander that will do same band
at the same time in both vfo's, and it is the Kenwood TM-D710AG - From
http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/tm-d710ga/ about two thirds the
way down that page it says:
"Dual wave receive on same band (VxV, UxU) In addition to simultaneous
receive on both VHF and UHF bands, the device can receive two
frequencies on the very same band."
For example I frequently configure mine to perform APRS functions on
144.39 with a beacon that says I am monitoring 146.52. At the same time
on the other vfo am monitoring 146.52 ... or what ever other frequency
(simplex or duplex) or band I am wanting to use. Can also configure
memories to do the same thing.
In addition one can use the built in Kenwood feature called SkyCommand.
A Kenwood walkie talkie can then control the dual band mobile rig from
the dual band ht. Including access to a Kenwood HF rig interfaced to the
dual band mobile. Both the mobile dual bander, and the dual bander ht
have built in TNC's that facilitate the digital remote control features,
while doing the analog voice receive and transmit at the same time. Its
way kool to operate at a quarter watt on the ht and go out on hf at two
hundred watts (ts-480hx).
73 from Bill - WD8ARZ in South Bend, Indiana
On 8/19/2017 7:46 AM, Jerry Beneteau wrote:
> Best dual bander ever., I have several.
>
> NO one side is vhf., the other is uhf., can't both be vhf
>
> 73 - Jerry VE3ext
On 8/18/2017 10:43 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Subject: Icom IC-2350 Dual Band - will it do both sides on VHF
>
> Just came into an Icom IC-2350 and cannot figure how to get it into
VHF mode
> on both sides. One side dedicated to UHF in this area is a waste.
>
> Looks like the memory is divided with the same memory addresses having
> different contents between the two sides. As an example memory 22 on the
> left side has one frequency and memory location 22 tuned on the right
side
> is different. Indicating there are totally separate memory
allocations for
> each side. The manual is a challenge.
>
> Can the right side be switched to VHF and it's memory be loaded with VHF
> frequencies?
>
> Thanks, 73, KG0KP Jim
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