Posted: 9/30/2013 2:31:52 AM EDT
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Not trying to get ridiculous here, but I"d love to see 2m, 1.25m, & 70cm in one HT.
If there's one with 6m as well I'd like to hear about it, although I'm not certain I'd like an 56" antenna (is that about right for 6m 1/4 wave?) waving around and stabbing me in the eye. More practically speaking, is there a quad band mobile available? ETA I've tried manually searching some on-line vendors (HRO, MTC, GigaParts) but no one seems to have a way to narrow down the selection by anything other than equipment type and brand. I'd love to see these places implement something like the computer parts vendors do where you can select what "size" memory you want. Even Cabela's has this for guns, handgun/longarm, caliber, brand, etc. 2nd edit, corrected original length guestimate of 6m 1/4 wave |
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I have a Yaesu VX-7R HT that transmits on 6m, 2m, 1.25m & 70cm. The receive side is MUCH wider. That model is discontinued, but a few are still in stock here and there. Yaesu's replacement in this niche is the VX-8 that also does the same four bands. Their older VX-6R is a similar three bander, missing 6m.
As far as covering the lower bands, the big thing is antenna matching at the lower freqs. Even at higher freqs, the HT antenna is the limiting factor. With a 56" antenna, you'd probably have to get someone else to stab you in the eye with it. Regarding wide(r) coverage mobiles, I have a Yaesu FT-8900 (5/10/25/50 watt dual receive) that transmits four bands as well, but they are 10m, 6m, 2m & 70cm. I bought this radio for its cross-band repeat capability and overlapping coverage with my HT. It also has a much wider receive capability. |
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I had a vx7 great display and icons and weather info was neat. 6m was useless and I thought it was less than .5w on 220MHz and the menus sucked
used the f6 the buttons are tiny but 5w on all three bands was nice. never played with the hf rx who was it that said the alinco 220/900 was the ht for someone who wanted to talk to no one? haha ymmv but I rarely use anything other than 2m |
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With a 56" antenna, you'd probably have to get someone else to stab you in the eye with it. Quoted:
With a 56" antenna, you'd probably have to get someone else to stab you in the eye with it. LOL true. I put that in there for 2 reasons, to show the ridiculousness of asking for 6m on an HT and to see if I figured the antenna length right. Since no one's commented yet, I guess I'm good to go on the 2nd part. Quoted:
IIRC Icom made a 6/2/440/1.2 quad band HT. Quoted:
Not trying to get ridiculous here, but I"d love to see 2m, 1.25m, & 70cm in one HT. Kenwood makes a very nice HT with those bands. Can I get a model number on the Icom? I think the Kenwood you are talking about is the TH-F6A linked in the first reply. |
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Can I get a model number on the Icom? I think the Kenwood you are talking about is the TH-F6A linked in the first reply. IC-T81A, had to look it up. Yes the TH-F6A is the Kenwood model... unlike the Yaesu's that have 220 as an afterthought, the F6A has full TX power and a decent RX front end on 220. |
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Your looking for 220 and 6M? The VX8 will Tx on both of those. The VX6 will do 2M/220/440, I think.  But keep in mind those are AM & FM only. About a month ago a new local ham was asking why he couldn't get out to Hawaii from Las Vegas on 5W 6 meter AM with his HT. He kept saying "I think the bands are open".  |
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Yes the TH-F6A is the Kenwood model... unlike the Yaesu's that have 220 as an afterthought, the F6A has full TX power and a decent RX front end on 220. Quoted:
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Can I get a model number on the Icom? I think the Kenwood you are talking about is the TH-F6A linked in the first reply. Yes the TH-F6A is the Kenwood model... unlike the Yaesu's that have 220 as an afterthought, the F6A has full TX power and a decent RX front end on 220. I have the Kenwood since it's the only current production tri-bander with full power on 220. It's also an all mode receiver from 1MHz up to 1.2GHz, and has a huge battery capacity at 2000mAh. I love how it's size and weight, it feels like they packed as much stuff as the case could hold. I put a Comet HT-224 antenna on it that I got from a friend. The only downside is that it's not setup to be used in a drop-in charger, you have to use an AC charger. |
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Why is 23cm so hard to find an HT for? Because it's essentially useless? Simplex range is nothing and repeaters are scarce. More activity on 900mhz now than on 1.2. If you think HT's are bad try finding a mobile or all mode radio (other than in my april fool's post). |
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Because it's essentially useless? Simplex range is nothing and repeaters are scarce. More activity on 900mhz now than on 1.2. If you think HT's are bad try finding a mobile or all mode radio (other than in my april fool's post). Quoted:
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Why is 23cm so hard to find an HT for? Because it's essentially useless? Simplex range is nothing and repeaters are scarce. More activity on 900mhz now than on 1.2. If you think HT's are bad try finding a mobile or all mode radio (other than in my april fool's post). There are several 1.25m repeaters in my AO. I'd say that part of my interest is that there is less traffic on 1.25m, but there's not a lot of traffic on any of the VHF/UHF repeaters except during drive time. There's more traffic on one GMRS repeater outside of drive time than there is on 2m/70cm. As for an all band base/mobile doesn't the Icom IC-7100 cover that (except for 1.25m )?
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There are several 1.25m repeaters in my AO. I'd say that part of my interest is that there is less traffic on 1.25m, but there's not a lot of traffic on any of the VHF/UHF repeaters except during drive time. There's more traffic on one GMRS repeater outside of drive time than there is on 2m/70cm. As for an all band base/mobile doesn't the Icom IC-7100 cover that (except for 1.25m )?Quoted:
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Why is 23cm so hard to find an HT for? Because it's essentially useless? Simplex range is nothing and repeaters are scarce. More activity on 900mhz now than on 1.2. If you think HT's are bad try finding a mobile or all mode radio (other than in my april fool's post). There are several 1.25m repeaters in my AO. I'd say that part of my interest is that there is less traffic on 1.25m, but there's not a lot of traffic on any of the VHF/UHF repeaters except during drive time. There's more traffic on one GMRS repeater outside of drive time than there is on 2m/70cm. As for an all band base/mobile doesn't the Icom IC-7100 cover that (except for 1.25m )?23cm (1.2ghz) =/= 1.25m (222mhz) |
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Why is 23cm so hard to find an HT for? Because it's essentially useless? Simplex range is nothing and repeaters are scarce. More activity on 900mhz now than on 1.2. If you think HT's are bad try finding a mobile or all mode radio (other than in my april fool's post). There are several 1.25m repeaters in my AO. I'd say that part of my interest is that there is less traffic on 1.25m, but there's not a lot of traffic on any of the VHF/UHF repeaters except during drive time. There's more traffic on one GMRS repeater outside of drive time than there is on 2m/70cm. As for an all band base/mobile doesn't the Icom IC-7100 cover that (except for 1.25m )?23cm (1.2ghz) =/= 1.25m (222mhz) Yeah, I realized my ignorance shortly after posting. There are apparently 3 bands in UHF that I missed. Thanks for the correction. I still have quite a bit to learn. |
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Quoted: The Yaesu VX-8DR had 2m, 70cm, 6m, and 1.5 watts on 1.25m |