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Recent content by Currahee

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    FT-8800 Crossband Solution?

    I had kinda decided that half-duplex, if that is the correct term of it, would be the best way to go. I have a Yaesu HT that can be programmed to receive on VHF and transmit on UHF, or vice versa. I figure if I am a short walk from the vehicle, I have the repeater control issued under control...
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    FT-8800 Crossband Solution?

    He was demonstrating X-band to a ham group at a restaurant to his vehicle in the parking lot. I thought the O.O. was stretching a bit to nail him like he did. I have just been wondering what you would have to be absolutely, positively legal! The FT-8800 is a great radio. I really like being...
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    FT-8800 Crossband Solution?

    One thing I had in mind when I selected my Yaesu FT-8800 over the FT-7800 was the possibility of using it as a mobile crossband repeater with a dual band HT. Just about the time I got the nerve to try it, a friend of mine got written up by an Official Observer for doing just want I planned to...