I'm cool with using a mobile in the car, but is there any that are designed to be unhooked from power and antenna in the vehicle and carted indoors to use as a home base station? I'm more likely to transmit from home than in my vehicle. Unless I'm driving to or from the outer banks in which case I'd obviously be mobile. <br>
<br>I'm somewhat taken by the Yaesu 857D but I don't have the money lying around at the moment so purchasing is out of the question.<br><br><a href="http://yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=102&encProdID=8CBB7C4BDBAF40129AD4253A4987523C&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0">http://yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=102&encProdID=8CBB7C4BDBAF40129AD4253A4987523C&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0</a><br>
<br>I'll probably still start with a hand-held. This will at least let me listen at work (downtown Durham). <br><br>But thanks everyone for your thoughts regarding what I should get for a home or mobile base station. The higher power levels will be needed where I am located.<br>
<br>Greg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Matt Frye <<a href="mailto:mattfrye@gmail.com">mattfrye@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Tanner Lovelace <<a href="mailto:clubjuggler@gmail.com">clubjuggler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> FWIW, most HTs do accept external antenna connections and output 5W+...<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">><br>
> I disagree, especially since Greg is in Youngsville. That's exactly<br>
> why I've moved away from using my HT in the car and gone entirely to<br>
> mobile radios.<br>
<br>
</div>I agree with Tanner. If you want to make a go of mobiling on 2m or<br>
440, invest your money in a decent mobile rig. Then run it off the<br>
car's electrical system (either battery connected or through the key<br>
block) rather than the cigarette lighter/power outlet. Even when I<br>
was using a Yaesu VX5r at 5w connected to a dual band antenna on the<br>
back of my car, it was hard for me to get into any repeater I wasn't<br>
on top of geographically.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> 146.88 - Located in SE Raleigh, towards Clayton<br>
> 442.150 - Located in Chapel Hill<br>
> 146.64 - Located at the fairgrounds in Raleigh<br>
> 147.225 - Located at the intersection of I-40 & I-85<br>
> 444.1 - Located at the VA hospital in Durham<br>
> The 440 link system - located all over (and therefore more likely to be closer)<br>
<br>
</div>Spending a lot of time in Morrisville, 146.64 (RARS) is basically<br>
useless to me and I don't care for the way some of their club members<br>
treat people. 88 and 442.150 (OCRA) work well for me and I can<br>
usually get one of the other TriLUG hams easily.<br>
<br>
73 de Matt<br>
KI4URB<br>
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