Good day.I've been using eggbeaters for years.You shouldn't have any problems reaching the birds with them.I was getting into both analog and FM birds.I've been using a Kenwood TS-2000x.For a while, I used my 2m Eggbeater for both uplink and downlink, by using a duplexer I had.I was able to hear my own signals coming back down from the birds.My 2 meter signals had a very low swr, but my swr on 70 cm was through the roof.But I still got enough signal up to the birds to be usable, even though I was heating up the coax.But I did eventually get a 70 cm Eggbeater.That brought my 70 cm swr down.And it made it easier to get into the birds.A 2m and 70cm preamp probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android