My only comment even with two of those radios is you will probably get desense on the VHF up UHF down birds like SO 50 and AO 27.  AO-91 and P0101  may work the best in that configuration because of UHF up and VHF down. Just do not use 91 on it’s after midnight overnight passes to save its batteries. 101 is also on an erratic schedule so it’s not always available.  

 The drawback with those radios also is some have a better front end receive than others. So a good antenna like an arrow with its dual separate feeds is helpful.   For the VHF up feeds, you might consider using the duplexer that the aero has specifically to go on the VHF radio output to antenna feed only to help get rid of some of the third harmonic interference that those radios will put out. That can assist with clearing up the UHF downlink.  

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On Apr 29, 2021, at 09:37, David Spoelstra <davids@mediamachine.com> wrote:



I have done this numerous times. Here's a little more information to pass on.

I've done it with a single UV-5R and an Arrow antenna. The downside of this is that you can only operate half-duplex. The problem with that is that you often transmit on top of other operators trying to make a contact and you earn, at best, a bad reputation. The FM birds are full enough. If you really want to try it this way then please do it very early in the morning or very late at night when the birds have less people.

The best way to proceed is with two radios. I have done it with two UV-5Rs - one for transmit and one for receive. This way you can operate full-duplex and not walk on top of other operators.

-David, N9KT

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 9:39 AM Richard Lawn <rjlawn@gmail.com> wrote:

I new member to our club who holds a tech license asked me if I knew,if any of the Baofeng HTs were capable of satellite operation. I know this has been discussed to death and I think the answer is no, but I don’t want to mislead him.

Rick, W2JAZ 

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