your right I think.
at the same time, by making the SMA's opposite of the typical commercial HT,
they have insured that the amateur accessory market for antennas thrives.
Not all commercial HT's are opposite of the ham gear though...a local ham
who also operates his own small business UHF repeater, has several Icom
commercial HT's that have the same configuration as the icom ham HT's and so
on.
these are older, or at least, a few years older, HT's though and most are
the same model, which I can't remember off the top of my head.
Great little HT's though...small, great audio and excellent user
configurations for things like TOT, tones, squelch, display, alert tones and
so on.
anyway, with companies like Wouxun and others designing their HT's more
towards the commercial side, I think the big three and their supporting
accessory manufacturers will begin to see some proffit losses in the next
few years.
unless they start making accessories for the chinese radios as well, which I
suspect they will before long...since wouxun at least seems to be taking off
in north america right now.
I know of at least 10 local hams who have the dual band udp2? radio.
once you bore a hole in front of the microphone element, and remove the
rubber membrane, the tx audio is extremely good...if you leave it stock, the
tx audio is very low and sometimes difficult to hear.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: HT suggestions please
> Colin,
>
> While I'm not a big fan of SMA connectors, I think we're stuck with them
> because there isn't room in the modern HT for anything else. All that
> said,
> I don't understand why the "big three" ham manufacturers took the reverse
> approach of the commercial handhelds. Seems as if they shot themselves in
> the foot by doing what they did.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 00:54
> Subject: Re: HT suggestions please
>
>
>>I tend to agree with Danny on this one.
>> I haven't broken an SMA connecter yet, but I've known of many instances
>> where this has happened. Far fewer instances of BNC connecters breaking
>> off
>> the radio or snapping.
>> Also, BNC connecters are far more ruggedly constructed and due to their
>> larger size, are far easier for blind ops to repare than an SMA.
>> Also, a female BNC, IE the connecter on the radio itself, has far less
>> friction on it when taking antennas on or off...an SMA style set up
>> requires
>> you to screw the antenna on or off the radio, and the center pin of the
>> antenna, or at any rate, the male part of the SMA connecter drills into
>> the
>> female part of the plug until the connection is tight. This causes metal
>> fatigue. With a BNC connecter, you just press the two halves together,
>> and
>> give a quarter turn and it's done.
>> far far less stress on the electrical connection point.
>> Perhaps the BNC might endure more strain or stress because it sticks out
>> further from the chassis of the radio, but this is compensated for by the
>> fact that the mounting is far more rugged compared to a female SMA
>> connecter.
>> commercial radios, and some of the newer commercial/ham radios from china
>> use a male SMA on the radio, and this reduces allot of the above
>> mentioned
>> problems inherent with an SMA connecter.
>> If the antenna snaps off, you can easily replace the antenna instead of
>> having to send the radioin for repares.
>> Whereas the tradditional radio female connecter will snap off with the
>> antenna in most cases and requires costly repares.
>>
>> All that said, personal experience is what you have and if your satisfied
>> with your own observations, then that is good.
>>
>> but just try to remember this the next time someone posts to the list
>> about
>> another sma snapping off the radio when it is dropped or impacted.
>> In 6 years of being on this particular hams list, I've never heard of
>> that
>> happening to a BNC connecter on an HT.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 3:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: HT suggestions please
>>
>>
>>> well i can tell you having had radios with both there is nothign wrong =
>>> with sma in fact I have found sma connectors to e more rugged than bnc
>>> =
>>> :) and they feel more solid ont he ht thanthe old bnc antennas that =
>>> tended to wobble and wiggle around
>>>
>>> On Apr 2, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there even any multiband HT that's made today that has BNC rather =
>>> than=20
>>>> SMA? Singlebanders, yes, but multibanders? I don't know of any. =
>>> Danny.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:05 PM
>>>> Subject: HT suggestions please
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
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>>>>> I want one with a BNC connector since all of my other radios have the
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