Hello,
There is no portable radio that I am aware of that can do it all. You will need some combo of radios to get full duplex, HF, and portability: -- The Kenwood TH-D72A will do full duplex 2m/70cm for FM sat work and APRS, but has no HF. It's also just a darn nice HT. I have one and it is my everyday radio. -- The Yaesu FT-817/FT-818 will do half duplex HF/VHF/UHF FM + SSB, low power and portable.The 817/818 will give one advantage that you won't get with the D72A, if you're also lugging a computer around -- they can be computer controlled and the D72A cannot. I don't have these yet, but I do eventually to get at least one for sat TX (I haven't decided if I will use another one or SDR for sate RX) and portable HF.
The Arrow is a great antenna for the VHF/UHF side. I have an Elk dual-band which is comparable but both are good!
For an HF antenna, I would suggest looking at the Spiderbeam GoPAK for a decent multi-band, portable HF antenna good for up to 100W. I purchased one back when they were still the National Park Activation Kit and used it as my primary antenna on my Yaesu 857D for most of a year, and was making decent DX contacts with it (Cuba, Argentina, Japan). Lightweight, easy to set up and tear down: http://www.spiderbeam.us/product_info.php?info=p258_GoPAK%20%20(Go%20Portabl...
-- Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG) email: devin@thecabal.org web: Devin on Earth cell: +1 425.239.2575
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Mike Diehl Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:00 PM To: ronald mosher rfmosher@cox.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable, Full-Duplex Transceiver
I’m unaware of a QRP HF rig that can do full duplex satellite as well. However, since yaesu doesn’t make an official FT-1634 you can make one with 2 FT- 817’s, one for the uplink and the other for down. If you’re buying new it would be two FT-818’s so I guess that would make it an FT-1636.
There are some rigs that do HF and satellite like the TS-2000 and IC-9100 but they’re not QRP rigs.
73, Mike Diehl W8LID/VE6LID
On Oct 24, 2018, at 12:59, ronald mosher rfmosher@cox.net wrote:
I am new to satellite communication and this is my first post. My setup so far includes an Arrow antenna on a camera tripod, an SDR (RSP) and SatPC32 software on a Surface Pro. I would like to buy a portable, HF/VHF/UHF, Full-Duplex transceiver that I can use for both portable HF QRP and for satellite work. So far, I have not been able to find such a radio. Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
Also, I would like to buy or build an AZ-EL rotator that is suitable for a portable setup. I am leaning toward building as a less expensive alternative. I have been studying the WRAPS version by WA8SME and the Mini Mk-2 by VK3FOWL and VK3YSP. Both look to be of about equal construction complexity. Any thoughts on either if these rotators, or any other inexpensive rotator would also be very much appreciated.
It is exciting to be learning a new phase of ham radio and to be a part of this group. Thank you for any suggestions.
73,
Ron K0PGE
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