As I have said, I think that I have been convinced. If for no other reason, than if I did this, and had some sort of issue, perhaps unrelated to the environment, the reaction may be "We told you so"
The bulk of the advice is to say "Not the product for you" and I am going to take you all's advice. Pity, it is such a fine product made by people who have passion for what they do. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Mike Morrow <k...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I am not using it rag chew. I am using it communicate with the 2 to 6 > other > > ride leaders to coordinate and keep the ride together. > > > General usage would be on a single channel all day long, unless we got > > separated, then we would have designated open repeaters to tune to during > > the ride. > > Explain again, to slow people like me not as wise, why a multi-mode MF/HF > radio would better serve for mobile VHF-FM use...a radio that has only > a few watts output on 6 meters and, as yet, has no 2 meter capability (and > will be **very** power-limited when it becomes available)? If you use > simplex, > and you get parties separated with obstructions between them, a few watts > on > VHF may not do the job you need. > > > Chuck sent me an email, after remembering that the Kenwood you mentioned > is > > the same approx size, shape and orientation as the KX3. > > And a bit cheaper, although again, you get what you pay for. > > I don't know WHO recommended WHAT Kenwood, but nothing that you just wrote > is > true about the very best candidates for your application...radios such as > the > Alinco DR-135T, Icom IC-2300H, Kenwood TM-281A, or Yaesu FT-1900R. Thay > are > all very small 2 meter mobile radios providing at least 50 watts output > with > a street cost of around $150 or less. You could buy ten of them for every > one > well-fitted KX3! They also provide weather channel and some public service > channel reception, are far more rugged than the KX3, and are much more > likely > to survive abuse encountered in mobile installations such as you describe. > They are also extremely simple to use. > > You do NOT need multi-band VHF capability for your application. Trying > to use six meters complicates things like antenna installation. Two-band > use would be best limited to 2m and 70cm, since the antenna size will not > be > grossly affected. One inexpensive small VHF-FM mobile unit with one simple > mono-band antenna will serve better than a KX3-in-a-box-on-handlebars. > > What you have been describing as your rationale for choosing a KX3 is > *very* > bizarre to anyone technically knowledgeable of mobile communications > applications. > Is there's a back story that isn't being made apparent? Perhaps you > actually > wish to justify purchase of the KX3 for better use later with an upgraded > license. > In that case...get a KX3. It's a great choice for sophisticated > communications > needs, but it's a terrible choice for what you describe. Get the KX3 for > ham use, > but buy a cheap but decent 2 meter FM rig for two-wheeler mobile use. > > Mike / KK5F > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
