Very true... or you need to park at least a decent front
end on the receiver (and shield the radio in a metal box).
Hamtronics makes a rather interesting (neat) helical filter
preamp that does the job on some modest preformance receivers.
(or get the helical without the preamp)
The wide band front end capacity of the Icom-2at portables
are not happy with a transmitter nearby. You have to
provide more than the stock/factory front end protection
to most portables... tis the nature of most portable
radios.
The MVP has a much better receiver front end vs the Icom
Handheld. The Icom portables can be made to play in "a
poor mans repeater", but you will need to help the receiver
survive the trip.
There is no free lunch...
cheers,
skipp
www.radiowrench.com/sonic
> "no6b1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Some of the newer flat pack duplexers will do it.
> > they will go down to 400 kHz but you are limited
> > to 50 watts and you only get 60 to 70 DB but if
> > you are using a couple of HT's it will work OK
> > around a Hamfest.
> > 73 Russ,
>
> FWIW, I tried substituting a pair of Icom HTs in place
> of my VHF MVP for my 2.62 MHz split portapeater.
> Didn't work at all even at only 1W TX power: too
> much TX noise & poor RX dynamic range. You need a
> real radio.
>
> Bob
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