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IMHO.. (oh who am I kidding, not really very humble :-) :-) ), a Motorola Maxtrac or Radius<br>makes an AMAZINGLY good simplex radio for either 2 meters or 440. Get one with a 16 pin<br>accessory connector on the rear, and it already, without modification, has all the nice signals<br>available. You can also get a pre-made cable (one with the mating connector on one side<br>and wires on the other) that makes interfacing it to URI almost a trivial task. One thing to watch,<br>most Maxtrac/Radius radios dont like going lower then 146 MHz. They will certainly tune down<br>that far, generally without re-adjustment, but the programming software goes "nuts" because of<br>some strange bug in it, and no matter what you program the transmit power to, it sets it to<br>wide-open, way past what it should be, smoke-generating power level. The only way around<br>this (if you REALLY have to go lower then 146) is a hardware mod that is ugly.<br><br>Its a commercial-quality reliable excellent radio, and I have gotten them on EBAY for as little<br>as $20.00. Usually, one would expect to pay around $75 for such a thing.<br><br>An excellent example of such a thing is EBAY item #200525836718<br><br>There are several available and it ships from Littlerock (California, not Arkansas),<br>which, by the way, is tiny little town in the high desert on the Pearblossom highway <br>between the Lancaster/Palmdale area and Victorville.<br><br><br>JIM WB6NIL<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: holldrl@gt.rr.com<br>To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com<br>Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:18:40 -0500<br>Subject: [App_rpt-users] 2 meter radio?<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have a URI, and looking into what would be a good
2 meter radio to use , as far as ease of interfacing, audio quality ect.
Any suggestions welcomed Darril/WD5GJP</font></div>
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