I have three of the FT-8800 mobiles. They work great for satellite. It is my FM radio for sat operation installed here at home. I've tried other dual band radios, but the FT-8800 is much preferred.
The downside is that I too have noticed that they lack sensitivity especially on 70cm. Yes, I measured it on a signal generator. They are more than 5 to 7 db down from other radios that I have. But they do have better intermod immunity that most radios. I have used one of my FT-8800 units with a hand held Arrow antenna and short coax for club and class demos with good success. Don't expect it to hear the weaker sats well, like SO-50, on the end of about 75' of coax on steerable beams on the roof. My solution for this at home was to place a SSB preamp at the antenna on the roof. With that setup I can hear SO-50 horizon to horizon. Without the preamp I have drop outs and signals are very weak at the horizon. Ernie W8EH On 1/12/2011 3:43 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: >>> ... I do not like the receive sensitivity ... > Hmmm ... I just didn't experience that. Does your '8800 work fine for > local/repeater work? > > Clint, K6LCS > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
