Repeaters ( Ham) locations and coverage maps

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(15 August 2012, 20:26)The Local Ned Wrote:

(15 August 2012, 19:52)Paul Wrote: Tried one of the Alinco range. DX something. 100k-1300Mhz. Bit fiddly and menu unfriendly.
Good for close range but better when plugged into a discone antenna although I needed a SMA adapter to Female BNC for the discone connector.
AM, NFM, WFM. No SSB, No clarifier and pure CW is hard to decode.
Battery pack didn't run out for the couple of hours I was playing with it BUT it was a battery pack.
So it has a mains charger. I don't like that in any gear.
Anything I can't jack an external power source into or use either AAA or AA rechargeables is not for me. After all no mains, a bespoke power pack, what can you do to keep it charged in the field?
Personal preference I suppose.

Thanks mate - reason I took the alinco as example was that it could possibly be easy for a novice to scan and lock their preferred bands for listening into for info/intel.

CW at least , and perhaps too - SSB , I think would be more for advanced users , I'm thinking more along the lines of the average prepper who has a CB 27Mhz but maybe wants to listen in on local PMR users or similar , or can pick up HAMS too.

Hi TLN

The Kenwood th7e handheld is an even better solution as it is UHF/VHF with the same wideband receive HF to airband capability of the little Yaesu I use..... BUT it also has SSB receive capability which is a big advantage.

NR might like the fact that its a 5w radio and can be modded by removing a couple of component to allow wideband UHF and VHF transmit

http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/a...thf7e.html