[SMCARA] Question/Opinions

[Gary Ramon]

I recommend you look into DSTAR and FUSION radios also.  ID-51A plus is highly recommended with DSTAR.  FT2DR is highly recommended for FUSION.  These both cost more than an FT-60.  If you are looking to save money a low cost Baofung or Wouxun work good for low cost and occasional use.  73 de K3IH 

   

 On Saturday, July 30, 2016 11:51 AM, Rene Ramirez <w3bnyren at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Don't forget, magmount antennas aren't just for your car. Slap it onto a
file cabinet or believe it or not a large pizza baking pan and vola! You
now have a much better than rubber ducky antenna!

Also there are things you can do with a 5 gallon bucket of sand one piece
of push up pole and a smaller diamond roof antenna

On Jul 30, 2016 9:57 AM, "Jason Rearick" <jbr13 at md.metrocast.net> wrote:

> Chris,  Good morning.  Question, where are you living?  Will you be close
> enough to the repeaters to get in from at home? I would recommend taking
> Dave up on his offer and give the FT-60R a shot, that will let you know how
> well, and from where you can get into the repeater on an HT.  There isn't
> much more frustrating than getting an HT and being able to listen to the
> repeaters, but not being able to get into them with the 5 watts and antenna
> the HT has.  Ask June KC3GYL, who for a while had to walk out to the end of
> her driveway to be able to talk on the repeater.  HT worked much better for
> her once she got up an outdoor vertical 2 meter antenna.
>
> Oh, and you can find reviews of the FT60R (32 pages of them) on
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4286
> That many people reviewed it (320 people) and it is rated at 4.6, that is
> a little better than any of my HT (FT-50R, VX-6R, ID-51A, FT1XD)!
>
> Eham.net has a great review section!
>
>
> Good luck and 73
>
> Jason Rearick
> N3YUG
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Boone
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 8:32 AM
> To: SMCARA at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [SMCARA] Question/Opinions
>
> Hey all,
>  I'm looking for some input on HT radios. I'm looking at the Yaesu FT-60R
> dual band and was wanting some input from users of this radio.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Boone, KM4VNP
>
> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
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