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[K0NR] Choosing A First Handheld Radio
Post : Choosing A First Handheld Radio URL : https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2020/11/choose-handheld/ Posted : 30 November 2020 at 11:20 am Author : Bob K0NR Categories : Equipment, HamRadioSchool.com https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/wp-co...aesu-FT-65.jpg Once again, I was asked by a new ham "which handheld transceiver should I get?" This is a frequent and valid question that comes up. Often the question gets framed as "Baofeng or something better?" I say "something better."Â* I am not writing to bash Baofeng radios or the people that use them. The radios are an incredible value on the low end of the market...amazing what they can do for $30 or so. Besides, I own several of them.Â* I just think that if you have a few more $$ to spend, you can get a much better radio. What's wrong with these low-end Chinese radios? Out of spec harmonics on transmit and poor adjacent channel rejection on receive. Digital? Probably Not The other question that usually surfaces is "should I get a digital radio?" Here "digital radio" means D-STAR, Yaesu Fusion or DMR. My answer to that is "No," unless you have a specific reason for going digital. Adding digital to a radio results in two things: 1) a higher price and 2) a more complex radio. Actually, the price difference may not be that significant, especially for a DMR radio. However, the complexity factor is always there. [...] |
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