I already own a set of baofengs and an arrow antenna . I split the rx/tx.
Should I be utilizing a duplexer on the receive regardless of this fact?
Thank you to all who have commented so far. You have presented additional things to consider that I would not have known otherwise. On Jan 21, 2016 6:00 PM, "Fernando Ramirez" framirezferrer@gmail.com wrote:
Or, he can use the ID51A to receive and the Baofeng to transmit. He can use an Arrow with the diplexer or buy a Comet one.
Cheaper solution than the Kenwood HT.
73 Fernando, NP4JV On Jan 21, 2016 4:56 PM, "Bob" WB4SON@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Oliver,
An optimal choice would be a full-duplex HT, one that can receive on one band and transmit on another at the same time. The 51A won't do that.
Check out this discussion:
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/trying-to-get-answers-on-full-duplex...
And specific to the 51A: http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/icom-id-51a.441780/
The Kenwood TH-D72A supports full duplex (also called cross-band repeat), for example.
From work-sat.com: "Although it is preferable to work the FM sats in full-duplex mode (where you can hear the downlink as you key your mic), only one currently-manufactured HT does that well in our VHF/UHF mode
- the Kenwood
TH-D72a. "
73, Bob, WB4SON
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Oliver mr.soup12@gmail.com wrote:
Considering purchasing an icom. Can anyone comment on using the 51A vs
a
baofeng? Particularly how sensitivity compares.
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