Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu VX-5R

[Bruce Bostwick <lihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Just wondering how well the Yaesu VX-5R is for operating the FM birds.
>Anyone experience this? It appears to be a one band at a time radio,
>however it has a feature called dualwatch. And just when I thought this
>was the only HT I would want alongs comes the new ICOM T-82A! Need to
>check the specs on that one too.

If I'm not mistaken, neither of those radios has dual VFO's.  The dualwatch
feature is a frequency agility feature rather than a full dual-receive
capability.  What you need is something like a Yaesu FT-50R or Kenwood
TH-79A, either of which has dual-receive capability.  The TH-79A has
full-duplex capability on crossband (and I think the FT-50R does too, since
I've heard of it being used on AO-27) and can operate with a headset or
earphone to avoid mike feedback when you do get into the uplink.  I'm
pretty sure the IC-T82A doesn't have it, because I know my T81A doesn't --
I got that one mainly for its 1.2 GHz capability, not because I needed a
full duplex radio.  My 79A still does the full duplex work and handles my
mobile VHF/UHF operation.

Rule of thumb is:  Look for two frequency displays.  If you see two
separate frequencies displayed at the same time, chances are you have dual
in-band or crossband receive and probably full duplex crossband.  If the
radio can only display one frequency at a time, it can probably only
operate on one at a time, no matter how easily it can switch ..


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         Bruce Bostwick  mailto:lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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