FT818/Icom 705 alternative
While on eham.net today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price.
You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20
Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet?
73 John AF5CC
That is an interesting radio for sure. The one thing that does not look good is how you would tune it without a VFO knob. It likely would not be hard to make a project to create an external VFO knob depending on if there is a way to control it via serial or otherwise. I do everything manual and in the field, so having a VFO knob is required, and being able to use it with gloves would be even better.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
While on eham.net today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price.
You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20
Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet?
73 John AF5CC
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The one antenna connector is a sure sign it's not full duplex :-)
73 Jeff kb2m
On 1/24/2022 5:03 PM, Don KB2YSI wrote:
That is an interesting radio for sure. The one thing that does not look good is how you would tune it without a VFO knob. It likely would not be hard to make a project to create an external VFO knob depending on if there is a way to control it via serial or otherwise. I do everything manual and in the field, so having a VFO knob is required, and being able to use it with gloves would be even better.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
While on eham.net <http://eham.net> today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price. You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20 Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet? 73 John AF5CC ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/amsat-bb@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org-- --... ..-- Don KB2YSI https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi
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Nor are the others mentioned. The use of two radio's is very common for portable satellite operating. For years I used a TH-D74A and an IC-7100. A lot of QSO's have passed through FT-817 & 818's, and a few people are using IC-705(s).
Not everyone has a base station setup. Otherwise no one would get the rare grids without people rovering.
--... ...-- Don KB2YSI
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 18:06 jeff griffin kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
The one antenna connector is a sure sign it's not full duplex :-)
73 Jeff kb2m
On 1/24/2022 5:03 PM, Don KB2YSI wrote:
That is an interesting radio for sure. The one thing that does not look good is how you would tune it without a VFO knob. It likely would not be hard to make a project to create an external VFO knob depending on if there is a way to control it via serial or otherwise. I do everything manual and in the field, so having a VFO knob is required, and being able to use it with gloves would be even better.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
While on eham.net today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price.
You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20
Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet?
73 John AF5CC
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I knew it wasn't full duplex but figured that a pair would make a nice setup like the FT1636 (2 x FT817) or a pair of 705s that WL7T uses. One of them plus a Kenwood TH74 or TH-F6A on receive would make a decent full duplex setup at a decent price as well.
73 John AF5CC
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 5:36 PM Don KB2YSI kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:
Nor are the others mentioned. The use of two radio's is very common for portable satellite operating. For years I used a TH-D74A and an IC-7100. A lot of QSO's have passed through FT-817 & 818's, and a few people are using IC-705(s).
Not everyone has a base station setup. Otherwise no one would get the rare grids without people rovering.
--... ...-- Don KB2YSI
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 18:06 jeff griffin kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
The one antenna connector is a sure sign it's not full duplex :-)
73 Jeff kb2m
On 1/24/2022 5:03 PM, Don KB2YSI wrote:
That is an interesting radio for sure. The one thing that does not look good is how you would tune it without a VFO knob. It likely would not be hard to make a project to create an external VFO knob depending on if there is a way to control it via serial or otherwise. I do everything manual and in the field, so having a VFO knob is required, and being able to use it with gloves would be even better.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
While on eham.net today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price.
You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20
Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet?
73 John AF5CC
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I started to make an improved VFO knob for the TH-D74. Tuning is the biggest challenge using the TH-D74 on the RX side. The built in recorder is awesome, less cables is a big win while rovering.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:56 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
I knew it wasn't full duplex but figured that a pair would make a nice setup like the FT1636 (2 x FT817) or a pair of 705s that WL7T uses. One of them plus a Kenwood TH74 or TH-F6A on receive would make a decent full duplex setup at a decent price as well.
73 John AF5CC
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 5:36 PM Don KB2YSI kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:
Nor are the others mentioned. The use of two radio's is very common for portable satellite operating. For years I used a TH-D74A and an IC-7100. A lot of QSO's have passed through FT-817 & 818's, and a few people are using IC-705(s).
Not everyone has a base station setup. Otherwise no one would get the rare grids without people rovering.
--... ...-- Don KB2YSI
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 18:06 jeff griffin kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
The one antenna connector is a sure sign it's not full duplex :-)
73 Jeff kb2m
On 1/24/2022 5:03 PM, Don KB2YSI wrote:
That is an interesting radio for sure. The one thing that does not look good is how you would tune it without a VFO knob. It likely would not be hard to make a project to create an external VFO knob depending on if there is a way to control it via serial or otherwise. I do everything manual and in the field, so having a VFO knob is required, and being able to use it with gloves would be even better.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
While on eham.net today I accidentally stumbled upon the new Radioddity QR20 transceiver. Looks like a nice alternative for the POTA/SOTA and Satellite Roving community, doing 20 watts on 160-6m, 10 watts on 2m, and 5 watts on 70cm with an internal battery and internal antenna tuner, along with a band scope. All this at a fairly nice price.
You can see it at: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-qr20
Anyone had a chance to use one of these yet?
73 John AF5CC
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