[aprssig] Is 9600 Baud Okay on 2Mtr's?

[Rich Garcia]

QST did a comparison review 2 years ago or so I belive and most of the
radios did not do very well.

The best thing to do is take a GE Mastr II or a Motorola Mitrek for $25 or
$50 add $30 in crystals
and have a true FM radio. Yes you will need some test gear to set it up but
other than that you will
have a tank that will run 24/7 for many more years than you care to think
of. Most of the backbones
here on 9600 and many of the user ports for regular packet are all
commercial gear.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
[mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Scott Miller
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:50 PM
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Is 9600 Baud Okay on 2Mtr's?


So what's a good radio for it?  And I don't mean a D700.  I'd rather have an
inexpensive single-band radio with no internal TNC that I can put in a rack
and ignore (like the Alinco on my IGate).  I started looking at new 2-meter
mobiles a while back, but forgot what I'd decided on.  Used probably isn't a
viable option - at hamfests and on eBay, hams seem unwilling to offer used
hardware for more than 10% less than the purchase price, regardless of age.
Sometimes it's MORE than the price of a new rig - seen that on this list,
even.  Must be the emotional attachment to the hardware...

Scott
N1VG

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric H. Christensen" <kf4otn at earthlink.net>
To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Is 9600 Baud Okay on 2Mtr's?


> Yep...  You can go well past 9.6kbps on 144MHz...  I can't remember
> the maximum baud rate, though.
>
> 73s,
> Eric KF4OTN
> kf4otn at amsat.org
> http://www.ericsatcom.net


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