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Any new HF rigs in the pipeline?
- Thread starter Mudfoot
- Start date
Still waiting for a Kenwood model comparable to the IC 7300 and Yaesu FTDX-10 in price.
Nah, base rigs, too. DX-77's.Oops. Just realized the thread is about mobile rigs.
Just to be weird. (name a moment when I'm not)
Radioberry. Now before you all spit your tea into the wind please listen. These things are the hf equivalent of a Baofeng, no, zero, none, any, front end at all.
I know it gets involved but you can dumb it down as much or as little as you like. The point is these things need additional selectivity and rejection.
Cheap and easy 600w MHT1803A & MHT1803B as well as the MRF300AN & BN
Yeah, the radioberry only puts out an average of about 80mw
A tuner would be a good idea.
LPF. I mean we do want to be nice to the neighbors.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807518201375.html x4
Yeah , D'oh! these amps need 48v so charge in parallel discharge in series.
https://www.w6pql.com/amplifier_control_board.htm
$85 well spent. Gotta have something to talk to all this krap and keep it in line.
Okay,
I don't know how everyone feels about a shack in the box like my 857D. Personally it's been a love hate relationship.
I really don't see any manufacturer supplying a HF +6 2m/70cm all in one ever again. I could be wrong
I can't seem to drink the 7100 Kool-Aid
I can't seem to accept QRP mobile so the whole 50V@20A thing becomes a necessity because 12V anything QRO is dead and gone.
>>>> brief aside , there are plenty of 5-7" screens in vehicles these days. Do they have an aux display port?
Even if the right HF radio comes around I think I'd sniff the IF (G4HUP SK) http://huprf.com/huprf/pat-board/
...and bring it out to a display.
Last...
I've had my fill with the all in one and wouldn't mind an HF+6 and just add a dual (quad? heh) band.
Just some off the wall ideas
Radioberry. Now before you all spit your tea into the wind please listen. These things are the hf equivalent of a Baofeng, no, zero, none, any, front end at all.
I know it gets involved but you can dumb it down as much or as little as you like. The point is these things need additional selectivity and rejection.
Cheap and easy 600w MHT1803A & MHT1803B as well as the MRF300AN & BN
Yeah, the radioberry only puts out an average of about 80mw
A tuner would be a good idea.
LPF. I mean we do want to be nice to the neighbors.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807518201375.html x4
Yeah , D'oh! these amps need 48v so charge in parallel discharge in series.
https://www.w6pql.com/amplifier_control_board.htm
$85 well spent. Gotta have something to talk to all this krap and keep it in line.
Okay,
I don't know how everyone feels about a shack in the box like my 857D. Personally it's been a love hate relationship.
I really don't see any manufacturer supplying a HF +6 2m/70cm all in one ever again. I could be wrong
I can't seem to drink the 7100 Kool-Aid
I can't seem to accept QRP mobile so the whole 50V@20A thing becomes a necessity because 12V anything QRO is dead and gone.
>>>> brief aside , there are plenty of 5-7" screens in vehicles these days. Do they have an aux display port?
Even if the right HF radio comes around I think I'd sniff the IF (G4HUP SK) http://huprf.com/huprf/pat-board/
...and bring it out to a display.
Last...
I've had my fill with the all in one and wouldn't mind an HF+6 and just add a dual (quad? heh) band.
Just some off the wall ideas
I used to run a DJ-580t handheld and the DR590t in my mobile and they were workhorse radios.
The mobile had full cross band enabled ( as did the ht ) and I used it alot, parking the car up in the clear and using the handheld to talk to the car, and let the car do the heavy lifting down to the repeater.
Worked friggin awesome when the car was parked at @8000' elevation , and I worked those radios hard, never failed me.
I think the brand gets overlooked often.
73
Jeff
I never thought about the in car displays. That would be cool. Definitely allow for cleaner install by remotely mounting base unit out of the way.
I was looking at the new Icom 7760. That's a high dollar rig at just over 6 grand.
Many features are great being it has a separate RF deck and you could place the main deck out of the or even in another room via LAN cable or network clearing up desk space. It also is a dual receiver with independent and says it has 11 bandpass filters and is a 200 watt radio.
I see Icom is sticking with a direct sampling receiver but they claim this is an improved version where Yaesu went with the hybrid hetero/direc-sample which still seems to be best. Direct sampling is fine except on a crowded band where it tends to overload where heterodyne receivers don't have a problem. Yaesu solved this with the heterodyne on the front end before the direct sampling FPGA took over.
I also would like to see what Kenwood will put out someday to replace the TS590SG and market it in the same class as the IC-7300 and FTDX10.
I still have my TS590SG and makes for a great sub-receiver for my TS890 which Kenwood thought well ahead by letting both radio's talk to each via a data cable and a couple menu settings.
Many features are great being it has a separate RF deck and you could place the main deck out of the or even in another room via LAN cable or network clearing up desk space. It also is a dual receiver with independent and says it has 11 bandpass filters and is a 200 watt radio.
I see Icom is sticking with a direct sampling receiver but they claim this is an improved version where Yaesu went with the hybrid hetero/direc-sample which still seems to be best. Direct sampling is fine except on a crowded band where it tends to overload where heterodyne receivers don't have a problem. Yaesu solved this with the heterodyne on the front end before the direct sampling FPGA took over.
I also would like to see what Kenwood will put out someday to replace the TS590SG and market it in the same class as the IC-7300 and FTDX10.
I still have my TS590SG and makes for a great sub-receiver for my TS890 which Kenwood thought well ahead by letting both radio's talk to each via a data cable and a couple menu settings.
There doesn't seem to be many mobile HF radio's coming out any more. Yaesu introduced the FT-891 but that was years ago. Icom is still sticking with the ugly IC-7100 and Kenwood has no mobile HF radio. Alinco doesn't make HF radio's anymore either. Is this the end of HF mobile radio?
Now that MFJ is gone, there also isn't a mobile HF all band amp anymore that I know of.
To me, the best HF mobile is still the Icom -IC-7000. They are still available used for around $800 or less if you get lucky.
These have all the features you would want for a mobile HF rig plus a nice color display screen and a video out jack so you can easily add a larger display screen which I did making the display even nicer!
Now that MFJ is gone, there also isn't a mobile HF all band amp anymore that I know of.
To me, the best HF mobile is still the Icom -IC-7000. They are still available used for around $800 or less if you get lucky.
These have all the features you would want for a mobile HF rig plus a nice color display screen and a video out jack so you can easily add a larger display screen which I did making the display even nicer!
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