[arm-allstar] Node Radio

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

 We use the UV82 in nodes with good success although generally not high
power. If you just want two bands that is a good choice. Generally these
are only used for portable or mobile nodes with rather poor antennas and
limited range. I think I would be careful about running any of the Chinese
stuff on fixed good antennas and/or amplifiers. Many of them are not
exactly clean on TX output.

Unfortunately there is not much mid range cost stuff out there. It is
either cheap Chinese or $150 or more. You might consider commercial
surplus. There is a lot of Motorola stuff out there from the narrowband
switch over and now that we have the ability in the hamvoip code to program
them it makes it easier for anyone to get them on the air.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:12 AM, "Chris Souleles via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I'm looking for an alternative low cost node radio.  I have built two
> nodes with the BF888, RPI3, DMK URi.  I'm thinking it would be nice to get
> more power and the option for 2 meters. I use my nodes mobile through a
> hotspot which does not require the power, and I also use them as base nodes
> with a home brew 440 MHz ground plane antenna up about 15 feet.  Having the
> option to run high or low power, 2 meter or 440 would be nice.
> I am looking at UV-5RHP and UV-82HP.  I've heard the UV-5R will overheat
> on the high power mode so I assume the HP version would be even worse.  Is
> this the same situation with the UV-82HP?   I will be removing them from
> the case as I did with the BF888 so I don't know if heat will still be a
> problem.
> I see good instructions for modifying the UV-82 on line.  Are the
> connection points the same on the UV-82HP?
> Any recommendations on choice of node radio would be appreciated.
> Thanks,  Chris - W6CS - 73
>
>
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