My second handheld is a Kenwood TH-D74E. A more high-end radio, compared to my AnyTone, with a wider reception range (including HF in CW, SSB and AM) and D-STAR capabilities on VHF/UHF. Next to this the TH-D74E has support for (I think) the complete APRS protocol, e.g. it can also receive APRS data. With this …
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Icom IC-7300
My first HF/6m/4m transceiver is the popular Icom IC-7300. I think it is one of the best selling HF sets of the last few years (as of 2020). The IC-7300 employs an RF direct sampling system, where RF signals are directly convert to digital data. This digital data is then processed in the FPGA (Field-Programmable …
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AnyTone AT-D878UV Plus
The first radio I’ve bought specifically for Ham use is the AnyTone AT-D878UV Plus portable VHF/UHF handheld radio. I use it mainly to listen to QSOs on 2m or 70cm, locally of via a repeater. The stock antenna was replaced with a Nagoya NA-771 and this improved the reception. The Nagoya antenna is more flexible …
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