El 07/03/16 a las 17:37, John Brier escribió:

"Hey quick question on working SO-50 and other birds - I have a Baofeng UV-5R right now and want to get a second for satellite work. What am I looking for in a second HT since I already have a cheap one and which would I use for TX/RX? Thanks!"

Patrick in particular, I know you have done a lot of testing with the Chinese Radios, at least for AO-85, can you advise what this ham should get and which one to use for up/down to work SO-50 in addition to what they already have? I assume the purpose is to work full-duplex.

What about a second UV-5R? This is a nice radio for its price, so getting a second one seems like the obvious solution. The only problem that could happen is that the Baofeng as TX is not so clean or the RX filters are not very good and you get desense. I think this won't happen, but I've never tested it. I could test it, because I have a couple of UV-5R, but probably somebody else already knows.

Of course, the drawback of using a UV-5R as RX is that the receiver is not so sensible, but I don't think that would be much of a problem to work SO-50 if you have a decent antenna.

For me, a pair of UV-5R's seems like the best low cost solution to work FM satellites full-duplex. At 20$ or 30$ on ebay each, the pair can be cheaper than the full-duplex Chinese handhelds that suffer desense when working V/U. Has anyone tested if this works as well as it seems?

73,

Dani EA4GPZ.