This is the third in a series of short reviews of handheld/portable/HT radios. Read more about the series here. The Yaesu FT-470R Dual Band HT Not long after Yaesu introduced the FT-23/33/73 series of radios in the 1990’s they followed it up with a full featured dual band radio with direct keypad frequency entry, 42 memories, […]
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If you’re interested in portable satellite operation, this event is for you! Check out http://wmplota.org for details on the WalMart Parking Lots On The Air event, April 28th and 29th 2018. You can sign up for an activation and check out where others will be and when here: http://wmplota.org/wiki/index.php/WMPLOTA_Activations_Announced
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This is the second in a series of short reviews of handheld/portable/HT radios. Read more about the series here. The Yaesu FT-23R / FT-33R / FT-73R series Just a year or two after the Icom IC-2AT came out, Yaesu introduced a series of 3 monoband radios that covered the 144, 220, and 440 MHz bands
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Marty N8XPK and Mike KC8LCH provided a fantastic drone video that shows the N8XPK Doylestown tower and the view from the top. Once you see how far the horizon is from where the antennas are, you’ll understand why the repeaters have the great coverage that they do. The video is below, and scroll down further
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This is the first in a series of short reviews of handheld/portable/HT radios. Read more about the series here. The Icom IC-2AT In about 1980, the newest, hottest HT on the market was the Icom IC-2AT. It was fairly revolutionary at the time, and was probably the second fully synthesized 2 meter handheld radio available.
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