Recently started looking at this radio. After Delta paid me to postpone my trip for a day, they gave me enough for this radio and then some. I stopped by HRO and bought it. I spent some time today tuning an EFHW made from a chalk line, and hopefully tomorrow I will get out to use it. Anyone used one of these before for digital, or other modes? Any M17 HF nets?

  • w0odl@lemmy.radio
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    1 year ago

    Had someone at my local club show this radio off as a great SOTA radio. Really liked the size of it and the features it packed. Was debating on this or the KX2

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      1 year ago

      The price between this and the KX base aren’t that far off. So probably a decent comparison. The BP-500 battery pack is difficult to come by, but I am considering making my own. For now, I am using bioenno batteries. I was also torn between this and the KX line but this one was available and I was in a sales tax-free state, so I jumped. Others have compared this with the IC-705. I think the 705 is more fully featured, but not really designed to withstand abuse.

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      1 year ago

      The weird connectors are a big turn off for me. I don’t want to need to remember even more cables and adaptors.