18 May
2009
18 May
'09
3:32 p.m.
It's probably not the ideal way to start out on the FM birds, using one radio where you are having to do more work to transmit and go back to receive. Other radios where you can program memory channels with TX and RX frequencies in different bands (most Kenwood and Yaesu HTs, as well as some older Icom HTs) are better to work with, if you want to simplify your operating.
Let's not overlook the fact that it is only half duplex, which results in more collisions on the uplink, uncertainty over whether you were heard, and generally more chaos. Full duplex operation always tends to be a better experience for everyone on the pass, and is the more refined method to operate.
73, Drew KO4MA