Hmmm... the review on QRZ says they're not full duplex. Guess they actually ARE.
Oops. My bad. > >From: Thomas Doyle <[email protected]> >To: George Henry <[email protected]> >Cc: AMSAT <[email protected]> >Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 1:40:25 PM >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use > >You might want to take a quick look at the posting that started this thread. > >73 W9KE tom ... > > >On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:01 PM, George Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > >Main drawback appears to be that they are not full duplex... but at those >>prices, why not buy TWO? >> >> >>George, KA3HSW >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Clayton Coleman W5PFG <[email protected]> >>> To: Thomas Doyle <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 11:49:11 AM >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use >>> >>> Excellent idea and post, Tom. >>> >>> I have posted two YouTube videos of the Baeofeng UV-3R being used for >>> satellite work. I would suspect performance of the UV-X4 to be >>> similar in nature. AC0RA and I have made a few "Baofeng to Baofeng" >>> contacts to test the performance on several of the LEO FM satellites. >>> Timing and antenna orientation is key and I would recommend two the >>> radios be used for full-duplex, as in your suggestion Tom. >>> >>> Here's a video of receiving AO-27 using the stock rubber duck: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZyC_vkew0 >>> >>> here's a video of receiving AO-51 using an Arrow: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRN4uJXvnK0 >>> >>> (I did make a contact on this AO-51 pass, though I wouldn't recommend >>> it because of the semi-duplex limitation) >>> >>> 73, >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>_______________________________________________ >>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 from my computer. > >tom ... > > _______________________________________________ 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
