Which Baofeng do you have?

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 05:17 Joseph Begle via <josephbegle=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

I am having an issue what my DMR baofang radio this is the 2nd one via warranty replacement from the radio shop i bought it from, I believe the microphone does not work in it, and the DMR is flakey, sometimes it will find the TG and sometimes it acts like it does not exist.

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:01:19 -0600, "John Geiger AF5CC via groups.io"
<Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

>I have a Jetsteam dualband beam which seems pretty good. Worked about 350 satellite grids on it in a little less than 3 years. It has held up well so far.
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I need to pay R&L a visit. I like about 90 minutes away. I also need to drop off
three Motorola R-2600 service monitors for alignment and one needing the input
dummy load repaired if possible. If not possible, then I have a parts rig for
the other two. The fellow who aligns these is also in Cincinnati, so I'll save
myself a trip.

Any suggestions on a 23 cm beam? I'll take a look at the dual bander you
suggested.


Donald KX8K


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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Maybe I'll find one at a hamfest. You never know what you'll find, often even
non-ham items. I picked up a Samsung 3 watch for $10. I've picked up working
older Kenwood or Icom HTs for $25. An Icom 7300 for $700 that came with some
extras, the extras were worth about $50, so it was a good deal. I'm looking for
a certain WWII German straight Morse code key like my dad had and I learned on.

I'm just waiting for the hamfests starting in the spring (already made it to one
in the winter this year last month). I also am looking for a 144-432 dual band
beam, or I might make one. They're not expensive on eBay but I'd bet the quality
isn't there for the price of $60.


Donald KX8K


On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:42:39 -0600, "John Geiger AF5CC via groups.io"
<Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

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>Alinco had the DJ-G7T triband HT which did 23cm. IT looks like it has been discontinued, unfortunately, but I am sure there are plenty out there still.
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>Icom had the T81A (had a few in the past), the X2A and X21AT which were 70cm/23cm dualband HTs, and the Delta 1 triband HT-try to find one of those today
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>Standard made a triband HT as well, maybe the C628?
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>73 John AF5CC
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>---- On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:35:10 -0600 Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote ---
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>What ARE the current offerings for 1.2 GHz besides an Icom 9700? By offerings,
>I am referring to HTs (portable, hand-helds), not desktop radios like my 9700.
>I'm not going to carry my 9700 around with me everywhere, but if I had a 1.2 GHz
>HT, I might take it along, especially if, as someone else mentioned, if covered
>144, 220, 440, and 1296 MHz. I know nothing about the 902 MHz band.
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>I'd consider putting up a local repeater for 1.2 GHz if we only had traffic on
>our 2M and 440 repeaters.
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>No sense spreading out the quiet even farther. :-)
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>Donald KX8K
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>On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:05:38 -0800, "John Geiger AF5CC via groups.io"
><Af5cc1=mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
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>>Since Baofeng is now making triband HTs ridiculously cheap, giving everyone a shot s 222mhz, anyone think there is a chance that they might soon come out with a model that covers 1.2GHZ?
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>Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
>/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
>/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
>/g/CHIRP
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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

I'd go $300 if they ruggedized it and covered all of those bands. They can leave
out DMR as far as I am concerned. I have a 144-440 Anytone DMR and only use it
to talk with my brother across the country in California from Ohio. I'd rather
just use a phone, really! :-) He bought a DMR radio to talk with me on Sunday
evenings. I got it working with the help of a hotspot and a nearby ham who set
up the hotspot for me, but I would rather talk with him by phone or maybe 15 or
20 meters (he's a technician, so I have to wait for him to get his general
license for that).

I would expect maybe a separate telescopic antenna for 6M. A stubby antenna for
6 isn't going to work well. But I can always put my own on, I suppose. I
envision a telescopic antenna that is attached to the side of the radio, with
screws with an end that you can just use your fingers to detach the antenna so
that it's replaceable (they WILL get damaged by some of us, eventually), a
switch to switch between the telescopic antenna and a multiple band antenna for
144, 222, 440, 1296, and maybe 902 MHz. If you don't plan to use 6M, you could
detach the antenna or just leave it in the trunk of your car.

What goes on in the 902 MHz band? Is it one of those shared allocation bands?


Donald KX8K


On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:23:41 -0800, "Charles KC6UFM via groups.io"
<kc6ufm=[email protected]> wrote:

>Throw in 6m and I'd go to $125.


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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

What ARE the current offerings for 1.2 GHz besides an Icom 9700? By offerings,
I am referring to HTs (portable, hand-helds), not desktop radios like my 9700.
I'm not going to carry my 9700 around with me everywhere, but if I had a 1.2 GHz
HT, I might take it along, especially if, as someone else mentioned, if covered
144, 220, 440, and 1296 MHz. I know nothing about the 902 MHz band.

I'd consider putting up a local repeater for 1.2 GHz if we only had traffic on
our 2M and 440 repeaters.

No sense spreading out the quiet even farther. :-)

Donald KX8K


On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:05:38 -0800, "John Geiger AF5CC via groups.io"
<Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

>Since Baofeng is now making triband HTs ridiculously cheap, giving everyone a shot s 222mhz, anyone think there is a chance that they might soon come out with a model that covers 1.2GHZ?


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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Throw in 6m and I'd go to $125.

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 9:05?AM John Geiger AF5CC via <Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

Since Baofeng is now making triband HTs ridiculously cheap, giving everyone a shot s 222mhz, anyone think there is a chance that they might soon come out with a model that covers 1.2GHZ?? That would be awesome-Baofeng on the microwaves.? 902mhz would also be a nice edition.? I would go $100 for a Baofeng that covered 2m, 222mhz, 70cm, 902mhz, and 1.2ghz.? Don't need DMR, GPS or any of those things-just great analog FM.

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73 John AF5CC

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Charles