> ...I just passed my Tech license and I am looking for a mobile > station to mount on my motorcycle (BMW F700GS) > > I spoke with my Uncle Chuck Wood, WD6APP in San Diego, and he praised the > KX3 as radio, said buy one for the house, but thought it was not suitable > for a motorcycle. > > ...most of the road captains are HAMs too, so we are using FRS at the > moment, but want to move to 6m/2m operations for co-ordinating...
Your uncle is one thousand percent on the money. The KX3 is primarily an MF/HF rig, and a sophisticated high performance one at that. It is gross overkill for an application that is most appropriate using VHF/UHF handie-talkies. Buy a bushel-basket full of cheap Chinese Baofeng UV-5R HTs or something similar instead. Although they are very far from being perfect ham HTs, they will perfectly serve your application much much *better* than a KX3 or other M/HF rig, and be disposable as well. :-) See: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10349 and http://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band/dp/B007H4VT7A OTOH, if you wish to operate portable HF in various modes on your trips, perhaps after the day's riding is done, the KX3 is an excellent choice to carry in addition to the VHF/UHF HT. Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
