At 12:17 PM 1/12/2011, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:

Hi Zack!

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I don't mean to be the odd guy on the block, but I do not like the 8800 for satellite work. I enjoy the full duplex function, and it is very easy to maneuver through the frequencies/bands using the mic, but I do not like the receive sensitivity. Every time I have tried to use it for

satellite work I

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feel like I fight it the entire time trying to get a strong

signal. I can't

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exactly make a very accurate judgment on it either since I have

only used it

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a few times.

Don't apologize for posting an opinion. As you mentioned with your TH-G71As, there can be differences between two of the same model of radio.

I bought two FT-8800s a year or so ago. One is in Mexico with an Elk antenna I left down there, and the other one needs to have those knobs replaced. The 8800 is my backup to that IC-2820H I mentioned in an earlier post as my full-duplex FM satellite radio. The sensitivity could be a little better, but I'm happier with it than other radios like my DJ-G7T. I probably should send it off to Yaesu to get those knobs replaced, and then try it again on the FM birds.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

Just reading the mail. I wonder if anyone uses the TM-700 or TM-710 for satellite? Are they duplex? They are supposedly the mobile mate to the TH-D7 and new TH-D72. Looking at them for potential future use on both APRS and Sat as a mobile.

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