![]() ![]() ![]() There is so much you can do with this radio, it would take all day to go over it here. The low orbit FM birds are a great fun, my record is 6 QSOs in one pass on UO-14 mobile. This rig will REALLY be a blast when the cycle comes around. The true dual receive works fantastic, basically it's 2 radios in one, the 10 and 6 meter bands work great! Instead of being stuck with CBR on 2 and 440, I can cross band on 6 and 10, I have worked DX on more than one occasion on 10 meters with my little handheld even at the bottom of the cycle. And I would most certainly buy another, in fact it's way down on my wish list as I need a lot of other things (like an Alpha and a SteppIR), but one of these days I WILL get one for the shack, Super receiver, as good on 2m and 70cm as any single or dual-bander I have owned. But it's well worth the current asking price of $439. I guess the fact I paid about 75 bucks less than they are now going for makes me more than a little happy. I simply love this radio, I don't know where to begin, the cross band repeat was the main reason I got it, I was looking for a dual bander to CBR to friends on 2 meters and found with this one it was cheaper to go with 4 bands than some of the others brands 2 banders. I knew I would end up buying another one. I backed out at the last moment, I couldn't bear to part with it. ![]() I started to sell mine to help with the finances for a new HF rig last year and I was swamped with people wanting it. One thing I have noticed about the 8900R is that you don't see many of them on the used market, I check all the major the ads daily and it's one of the rigs you don't see very often, usually that's a good sign. I was surprised to see out of 113 reviews only a 4.3 average! I cannot see why anyone could give this radio a low rating unless they simply got a lemon. Well I thought I would add an update to my previous post as I am now well into 5 years of operating this fine radio, strictly mobile. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |