03-13-2015, 03:59 AM
Hello!
Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu are in another league entirely. However, they're not THAT MUCH better, and this can't help but put downward pressure on what they charge for their equipment.
The Charlotte Hamfest is this weekend. I need a good HF rig, a mobile antenna, an antenna tuner, and an HT for my bro, KF4JBF.
If I can find a compact dual-band mobile rig as well, I'll get one, if the price is right. Of course there are always the neat things you didn't go there to buy, but just happen to 'discover' while you're there.
I will also look and see what's new out there at the dealer spaces. The Baofengs and TYTs get the job done, and they ARE affordable. I have a Wouxun KG-UVD1P Handheld, which is also supported by CHIRP.
For the uninitiated, CHIRP is used to program a wide variety of two-way radios. CHIRP sure beats entering all the parameters for each channel preset by hand, which is what I have to do with my Icom IC-207H. I just cringe at having to hack a control head extension cable to make a data cable to program it, building an RS-232-to-TTL converter circuit assembly for it, and then finding the software for it out there somewhere.
If I ever DO find an IC-207H extension cable for sale, I'll buy two. THEN I'll take my chances at hacking one up...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu are in another league entirely. However, they're not THAT MUCH better, and this can't help but put downward pressure on what they charge for their equipment.
The Charlotte Hamfest is this weekend. I need a good HF rig, a mobile antenna, an antenna tuner, and an HT for my bro, KF4JBF.
If I can find a compact dual-band mobile rig as well, I'll get one, if the price is right. Of course there are always the neat things you didn't go there to buy, but just happen to 'discover' while you're there.
I will also look and see what's new out there at the dealer spaces. The Baofengs and TYTs get the job done, and they ARE affordable. I have a Wouxun KG-UVD1P Handheld, which is also supported by CHIRP.
For the uninitiated, CHIRP is used to program a wide variety of two-way radios. CHIRP sure beats entering all the parameters for each channel preset by hand, which is what I have to do with my Icom IC-207H. I just cringe at having to hack a control head extension cable to make a data cable to program it, building an RS-232-to-TTL converter circuit assembly for it, and then finding the software for it out there somewhere.
If I ever DO find an IC-207H extension cable for sale, I'll buy two. THEN I'll take my chances at hacking one up...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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