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An ICOM IC-V8000 is a good single bander (2mtr) to start out with.
Built like a brick. Has a good 75w output.<br>
It is an excellent platform to move between fixed station and mobile
applications.<br>
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For power connections I suggest going with the anderson powerpole type
connector. They are just about universal these days as a good quick
disconnect.<br>
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For a place to get antennas, coax and such I suggest a place called
Comark Distributing at <span style="font-size: 12pt;">829 Purser Dr,<br>
Raleigh, NC 27603. Larry gives you a real decent price.<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">By the way, the JARS club has a
meeting this Thursday. The meeting place is at the Panther Branch
Community center just south of Garner near the intersection of Hwy 50
and Ten-Ten Hwy (</span><span class="style21"><font color="#000000">Panther
Branch Community Center. 10900 Ten Ten Road, Garner, NC). Meetings are
generally a lively event.<br>
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Congrats and Enjoy Ham Radio!!<br>
<br>
Neil, WA4AZL<br>
JARS Forever!!<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jars.net">www.jars.net</a><br>
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Tanner Lovelace wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM, David Black <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dave@jamsoft.com"><dave@jamsoft.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Greg, and congrats on earning your tech ticket!
FWIW, most HTs do accept external antenna connections and output 5W+
when on a 12VDC supply. *With a good mobile antenna setup*, that's
plenty to get in to most local repeaters.
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I disagree, especially since Greg is in Youngsville. That's exactly
why I've moved away from using my HT in the car and gone entirely to
mobile radios.
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<pre wrap="">Yaesu makes the FT-817, a low power HF+6m portable/mobile rig but for
some reason I thought it - or maybe it's a cousin, also did 2m/70cm.
Maybe not.
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The Yaesu FT-857 (possibly with added D on that model #) does HF/6m/2m/70cm.
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<pre wrap="">While you may not want to tote around a mobile rig, they do have a nice
car installation capability and usually 50W/35W+ on 2m/70cm
respectively. The higher power settings can be handy for "metro"
simplex work or if you're trying to hit a far-away repeater.
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And, that's the main problem around here is that all of the repeaters are
"far away" repeaters. I live in Durham, work in Cary, and the main repeaters
I use are
146.88 - Located in SE Raleigh, towards Clayton
442.150 - Located in Chapel Hill
146.64 - Located at the fairgrounds in Raleigh
147.225 - Located at the intersection of I-40 & I-85
444.1 - Located at the VA hospital in Durham
The 440 link system - located all over (and therefore more likely to be closer)
Almost all of those are quite a long ways away from where I'm located and
on my HT I cannot hit most of them at any given time. If we were in
a single metro area it would probably be better but the spread out nature
of the Triangle does not easily lend itself to the use of HTs.
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<pre wrap="">Among HTs, having owned at least two each of Kenwood, Alinco and Yaesu,
I've had the best experience with Yaesu, in terms of reliability. No
idea about ICOM or Standard though - they may be wonderful.
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I've had 2 Icom HTs (2AT and T81a) and both of them worked very well, they
just don't have enough power for this area.
Cheers,
Tanner Lovelace
KB4TYE
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