To each his own. I have worked 100's of passes from the road with an Icom 910 and an Arrow in the past year. I find it the cleaner solution albeit a bit more expensive than two all mode radios. It's not exactly handheld but with the carry handle I can easily move it from its foam carry box to the roof or trunk lid.
Every time I try to go with a two radio solution (typically a Yaesu FT-817 and FT-100/857) for portable Arrow work, I'm drawn back to a single radio solution for simplicity. If I'm packing light and the IC-910 is ruled out, a single FT-817 does the trick. As we all draw from our personal experiences when making recommendations, I will suggest : Yaesu FT-817 for the traveler, adventurer, and experimenter. Icom IC-910 for the person willing to take a shack-sized rig outdoors on occasion. Both are paired well with an Arrow. The nice thing about starting with an FT-817 is the ability to travel with a small wire dipole to play HF. In my satellite bag I normally carry a 20m end fed wire to kill time between passes. 73 Clayton W5PFG On Aug 2, 2013 10:05 PM, "Stefan Wagener" <[email protected]> wrote: > Now, keep in mind folks, Oscar bought an arrow antenna, not a cross yagi or > dish or whatever else including rotor. He has small portable antenna for > the great outdoors! > > Hooking up an IC910, IC9100, FT847, TS2000 or whatever else which is > primary a stationary rig is overkill. He needs a good cross-band HT or one > of the mobile rigs. Also SatPC32 is not working on the balcony or in the > front yard unless he drags out the computer and the power cables and the > table and so on and on and on. He needs a handheld solution, software for a > mobile phone or tablet for his arrow not a stationary equipment list. > > 2 cents worth, > > Stefan, VE4NSA > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No problem Angelo. The point was not the quirks and deficiencies, which > > the FT-847 and IC-910 have as > > well, but at what point to go into the details. Sometimes the "data > dump" > > which we oldsters can > > generate can be a bit much! :) > > > > 73s, > > > > Alan > > WA4SCA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Angelo Glorioso > > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 4:40 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get > > > > OPS!!!!! > > > > THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIVATE. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Angelo Glorioso" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 4:07 PM > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alan, > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I usually don't reply to many emails here, but I > > > feel > > > this was necessary. I bare to disagree with you Alan. If I would have > > > known > > > the rig had a birdie right on the downlink frequency of two of the most > > > popular > > > fm birds, I would not have purchased the rig years ago. Making a > > > statement of a "few quirks" does not give a person a fair assessment of > > > the > > > rig. I just feel it is a very important fact. > > > > > > > > > > > > Angelo / N5UXT > > > > > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Alan" <[email protected]> > > >> To: "'Angelo Glorioso'" <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 2:14 PM > > >> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver > to > > >> get > > >> > > >> > > >>> Angelo, > > >>> > > >>>>>rig it does have a few quirks. > > >>> > > >>> There was no need to bury him with details. > > >>> > > >>> Alan > > >>> WA4SCA > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On > > >>> Behalf Of Angelo Glorioso > > >>> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:34 AM > > >>> To: [email protected] > > >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to > get > > >>> > > >>> Hi Oscar and Alan, > > >>> > > >>> Please be aware of the birdie right on the downlink of SO50. This is > an > > >>> internal birdie. I think it is very important to pass this on. It > will > > >>> affect AO27 also if it comes back to life or any > > >>> satellite that uses 436.800 as a downlink. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> 73 de Angelo > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>> From: "Alan" <[email protected]> > > >>> To: "'Oscar Ortega'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > >>> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:07 AM > > >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to > get > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> Hi Oscar, > > >>>> > > >>>> Call? > > >>>> > > >>>> Any of those should work fine, and you should include the Kenwood > > >>>> TS-2000 > > >>>> in your search list. It is > > >>>> still in production, and well thought of, though like nearly every > > >>>> other > > >>>> rig it does have a few > > >>>> quirks. > > >>>> > > >>>> The FT-847 is still a great rig, and is usually snapped up whenever > a > > >>>> good > > >>>> used one becomes available. > > >>>> The first batch had "write only" CAT control, with all of the > > following > > >>>> ones having bidirectional > > >>>> capability which is needed for modern control programs such as > > SatPC32. > > >>>> Many of the first ones where > > >>>> modified, but if you consider one, make certain it has the update. > > >>>> > > >>>> Note that you can use two regular rigs together to form a satellite > > >>>> station. Some people find a good > > >>>> eBay or flea market rig as a second unit. Again, programs like > > SatPC32 > > >>>> will work with this > > >>>> combination and make it look like a single rig. For instance, our > > >>>> Dayton > > >>>> Hamvention demo station uses > > >>>> two FT-817s. > > >>>> > > >>>> 73s, > > >>>> > > >>>> Alan > > >>>> WA4SCA > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] > > On > > >>>> Behalf Of Oscar Ortega > > >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:52 PM > > >>>> To: [email protected] > > >>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> I recently got interested in trying satellite communications. I > bought > > >>>> an > > >>>> Arrow antenna and I am > > >>>> wondering > > >>>> which transceiver to get. So far I have found the FT-847, IC-910h > and > > >>>> IC-9100. > > >>>> > > >>>> The FT-847 scares me since it is a bit old, however I have heard it > is > > >>>> very good for satellite and > > >>>> EME. > > >>>> > > >>>> Any advice would be appreciated!! > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Oscar > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> 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 > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
