But just because something is listed as a satellite radio, why only limit it to the satellite bands? Satellite radios also make good VHF/UHF weak signal and contest radios.
73s John AA5JG On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <[email protected]>wrote: > There aren't any satellites on 6M. > > There's always the "old fashioned" solution, an HF receiver, an HF > transmitter and a pair of converters or transverters. > They're still available for the microwave bands. > > There must be older 2M and 70cM multimode rigs available used ( IC211E, > TS700, IC202/404 etc) that will happily drive transverters for the higher > bands and amplifiers for their own band. > > > > > On 25-Feb-11 19:51, John Geiger wrote: > >> >> Used, now there are many more options. Hard to find anything to fault >> about the Kenwood TS790, except that it doesn't >> do 6m. >> > _______________________________________________ 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
