[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TH-F6A for AO-51 / SO-50??

Guy Brauning wrote:

be easier to carry around. I am looking for recommendations / warnings / etc. specific to the Kenwood TH-F6A. I would like some advice from those

I'm using a TH-F7E (the Europe/UK version without 220MHz) and a homebrew antenna and diplexer. As a few others have said, you need to get used to switching to the B radio and tuning for Doppler and then quickly switching back to transmit, but it's not a huge problem. I found it hard to get into AO-51 when there are more powerful stations working it. but SO-50 is suitably quiet and AO-51's QRP mode gives us HT users a fighting chance.

Gordon