Posted: 1/9/2010 8:52:52 AM EDT
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Hi Folks,
The wife and I going to test for our Tech license next weekend. Need to start looking for HT for the both of us. We would like to buy good quality radios without wasting money. Our Elmer has recommended the Icom line. Found an ICRX for $290. is this money well spent? They have a wide range of radios and this noob needs some help. What do you say? |
Welcome to ham radio 
The radio you linked to is just a receiver-you cannot transmit with an IC-RX7. What bands are active in your area? A basic 2m HT can be had for under $150 Icom IC-V82 or a Yaesu FT-270R Dual band HTs (2m and 70cm) cost a bit more. Go HERE for a pretty good list of current models and prices. I'm an Icom guy, mainly because I've been running Icom marine radios for as long as I can remember. That said, there isn't a darn thing wrong with Yaesu-they are extremely popular on this forum and have earned a great reputation. If you haven't heard the name Yaesu before you may have heard the name Vertex/Standard-they are the same company. |
| Well I know that I can find out what frequencies the towers operate on in out county at QZR but I can't figure out which function to use. Need more help. |
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Well I know that I can find out what frequencies the towers operate on in out county at QZR but I can't figure out which function to use. Need more help. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=22&t=604477#10323243 ––> http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/states/Ohio.asp ar-jedi |
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I bought a Yeasu FT 60 2meter/440 radio for about $180 about 4 years ago. There was no one using the 440 band in the area so I really felt I wasted my money buying a dual band radio.
Then about a year ago I got into communicating with passing orbital satellites. Now the 144/440 split is used quite often as most Sat communications are split such as the Internation Space Station Fm voice repeater. 144.800MHz uplink, 437.800MHz Downlink |
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I bought a Yeasu FT 60 2meter/440 radio for about $180 about 4 years ago. There was no one using the 440 band in the area so I really felt I wasted my money buying a dual band radio. Then about a year ago I got into communicating with passing orbital satellites. Now the 144/440 split is used quite often as most Sat communications are split such as the Internation Space Station Fm voice repeater. 144.800MHz uplink, 437.800MHz Downlink I had the opposite experience. I started with a 2M radio, then found I was missing quite a bit of activity and some great repeaters when I went with a dual band 2M/440 radio. |