Handi Talkie amplifier

[parttimehammer]

I have a Wouxun KG UV3D which is limiated to 5 watts. I was talking to someone on the repeaters the other night who said he had a 2A handitalkie which he had amplified to 20A? Wondering if this was done with power, or an antenna amplifier, or how he got the extra punch for his radio..his signal was much clearer than he said mine wa

 

[kd-5-bgt]

there are amps out there that has a low power input ...2 to 5 watts in and will put out up to 100 watts or maybe even better depending on the model of amp...it has been a while since I have looked at any 2 meter amps....Mirage makes them if I remember right

 

[parttimehammer]

there are amps out there that has a low power input ...2 to 5 watts in and will put out up to 100 watts or maybe even better depending on the model of amp...it has been a while since I have looked at any 2 meter amps....Mirage makes them if I remember right

That looks along the lines of what I am looking for. How the heck do they connect to my radio though? I assume I could no longer use it as a handi talkie?

 

[Mudfoot]

Use a pigtail cable like this one to hook your HT to the amplifier:

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5336136228&icep_item=150693951160

Here's an example of an 2 meter amp:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00972PB2Y/ref=mw_dp_sim_ss4?pi=SL500_SX125

Another:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/amps/2671.html

 

[kd-5-bgt]

You wont get 20 watts out of a HT within itself,that thing would melt in your hand,the one I have gets pretty warm after just a few minutes of talking....the only way you would get 20+ watts from a handheld would be to add an amp and a mobile antenna

 

[Mudfoot]

The Wouxon HT's still have the reverse SMA antennas, right?

 

[parttimehammer]

The Wouxon HT's still have the reverse SMA antennas, right?

I know mine does, but mine is a few years old...UV3D is my model

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Many a ham has gone down the HT+amp road, myself included, and just as many hams regret doing so. Put the money into a decent mobile radio and be done with it. The price difference between a mobile radio and an amp is not that much at all, in some cases cheaper depending on what you want. You still need a power supply to run it in the house but you would need it to run the amp in the house as well. The mobile radio will perform much better than an HT as well especially in the RX end of things as they are far less prone to front end overload.My first rig was an Alinco DJ-160 HT. Then came a cobbled up affair consisting of the PA section of a Marconi DT-56 business band mobile radio that I salvaged and wired up in a case with switching etc. Money was tight back then and I had the DT-56 with a fried front end but good PA section so I decided to try it out. It ran 25 watts with the HT as a driver. I ran that for about a year until I bought a Mirage B-108G amp that gave me 55 watts output. By then I was seeing the issues and problems and just plain inconvenience of my setup. I then bought an Icom IC-2000H mobile radio and never looked back at the HT+amp combo again and never will.

 

[n0zna]

I would get a pwr supply and a mbl or if you get a ht amp get a good one,not a klv or any rm italy...mirage or vectronics or older motorola or henry...and your bigest thing is you antenna antenna antenna....its 99% of your radios...73 de JW