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Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:34 pm
by tcm glx
Ok guys, so I am on a mission to pick up a hand held race radio now... looking at a few options, but wanted to see what you are all using?
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:38 pm
by bajascott
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:44 pm
by tcm glx
Did you do the MARS mod? How do you like it?
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:26 pm
by bajascott
it was done when i got it.
i love it.i take with me wherever i go in my back pack with my kit.
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:13 am
by tcm glx
Thanks for all the feedback guys.... just found a pretty good deal on a slightly used (virtually new) yaesu vx-170. picking it up tonight!
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:19 am
by bajascott
they make a nice antenna for that radio its a diamond srh77ca
it works really well.
good luck with it.you'll like it alot!!haha it'll take a little time figuring out the operation of everything.
are you getting the manual too?
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:24 am
by tcm glx
Everything, desktop charger, manual, etc etc....
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:32 am
by bajascott
sweet. like i said,i love mine it works really good.i use it all the time
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:40 pm
by tcm glx
bajascott wrote:sweet. like i said,i love mine it works really good.i use it all the time
Got it, and I love it... need to learn to use it!
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:55 am
by bajascott
the scan feature is awsome,i actually sat in the drive thru at mc donalds and it stopped on their out going drive thru freq. it was funny,i could speak thru their speaker and they couldnt hear me but the car in front of me could.........
look into the antenna i spoke of, it helps out alot
Re: Ham Radios HAND HELDS!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:20 am
by PaulW
Another resurected thread I missed back when
Yes I have a couple of HAM hand helds. They are modified like my big watt Kenwood to have the same bands and freqs. Its a Yaesu VX-5R Nice little unit with a Lion battery and 5 watts. One thing I recommend is get the cheater antena. And discaerd the rubber ducky it came with. Then you will have an antenna that approaches a quarter wave we are familiar with. It greatly improves Tx/Rx. Like the big Kenwood it is very easy to program. Both can be programmed with the keypad or the computer and the appropriate cable. Not at all like the Icom which is a big pain and computer/cable only.
PaulW