Just for giggles, I ran some calculations. The numbers are a little
scary at first blush, but in practical terms they aren't that bad,
especially when you consider the type of RF our rigs are exposed to at
HF frequencies.
You'll experience desense across the entire 2-meter band when you
transmit on 2-meters, but I doubt you'll do any damage. Despite their
size, modern radios are pretty good a dealing with that type of
overload. Before my current installation, I ran multiple radios
(2-meters) for years and never had any problems. Give yourself as much
horizontal separation as poss bile and go have fun!
73,
Mike
WM4B
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:41 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Michael,
I can't speak specially about those two radios, but I have 2 dualbanders
plus an IC-880 in my vehicle, all operating on 2 meters (most of the
time) and have had no issues over the course of a couple years. The
-880 is the latest addition... been in there for 3 or 4 months, but it
replaced another dualbander that was there for quite some time.
I drive a Ford Ranger. One antenna is mounted on a bracket on the
right-front of the bed. The other two are mounted on opposite corners
of the back of the bed. Not much separation at all, but more then you'd
get with a car.
YMMV.
73,
Mike
WM4B
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Mike Murphy wrote:
I am considering adding an Icom 880 to the car along with the Icom
2720 that is already installed. My concern is having 2 radios on the
same band blasting 50 watts into the other receiver.
Am I making a mountain out of a molehill or is having 2 radios on the
same band running that much power a bad idea?
Thanks
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