4 Jul
2015
4 Jul
'15
10:03 p.m.
Hi again!
A correction.... the UV-5R I used in the YouTube video I referenced earlier was set to tune in 2.5 kHz steps, not 2.5 Hz steps.
The Baofeng radios, like those from the other Chinese brands, tend to have sharper front-ends than the Icom/Yaesu/Kenwood amateur HTs. There will be moments where the UV-5R (and other Chinese-made radios) won't hear the SO-50 downlink, if you are tuning these radios in 5 kHz steps.
When the time comes that we have Fox-1 FM satellites and EO-80, I don't think it will be necessary to tune the 70cm uplinks in 2.5 kHz steps. The 5 kHz steps would probably work fine, and this is something I'll try as these satellites become available for us to use.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK