Posted: 10/13/2008 7:55:04 AM EDT
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Saw a guy selling a bunch of these at yesterday's fun show. Sez here that it operates 138-160 MHz, which means it covers 2m AND the 2m-ish MARS bands. Anyone know if these are decent units? I think he wanted 160 for one, 300 for two--so the question is really, is it better than, say a VX110...? Since they were rated as "non-tactical" I never saw one in my Army career. He also had several PRC77s, some satcom rig I never heard of, and a German tactical handheld (6m?) I also never heard of. |
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I would get a VX-110 is a MUCH more capable radio. Plus, it will be NEW and supported by Yeasu and users on many ham forums. VX-110 features: Frequency Range RX 140~174 MHz TX 144~148 MHz ● 5 Watts Power Output ● 209 Memories ● Simple 8-Key Operation ● 7-Digit Alphanumeric Memory Labels ● CTCSS and DCS Encode/Decode ● Omni-Glow™ Display Illumination ● 9 DTMF Auto-Dial Memories (16 digits each) ● Automatic Repeater Shift (ARS) ● ARTS™ (Auto-Range Transponder System) ● Wide/Narrow Deviation Selection ● TX and RX Battery Savers ● Time-Out Timer (TOT) ● Smart Search™ Auto Memory Loading ● Automatic Power-Off (APO) ● 1750 Hz Tone Calling for European Repeaters ● MIL-STD 810D/E ● Busy Channel TX Lock-Out (BCLO) ● Battery Voltage Meter ● ADMS-1F PC Programmable PRC-127 specs: Frequency range: 136 ... 160 MHz Technical data: Channels: PRC-127: 14 ( 1 memory bank) PRC-127A: 28 ( 2 memory banks) Channel spacing: 25 / 50 KHz. Frequency control: Synthesizer. Modulation: FM. HF Output power: 3 Watts. Sensitivity: 0.25 µV. Power supply: AA cells or NiCad- batteries. Specialities: Lid covers keyboard. An extra speaker/mike can be used A working PRC-77 will cover 30.00 to 52.95 MHz (Low Channel) and 53.00 to 75.95 MHz (High Channel). Good batteries are hard to find. You could mount it in a AM-2060 Power Supply and Mounting Tray, but I belive that is a 24 volt system. Av. |
when you say MARS freq's , are you a MARS member?? or are you looking for a HT to use on PS bands and Ham bands?? I have a new Icom HT that is only like $500 or less and have several banks for ham, police, fire and combination of those. use it every day for pleasure (ham) and professionally ( cop work). |