10 meter and 6 meter mobile?

[CLynch7]

Does anyone make a mobile radio that covers both 6 and 10 meters?

[W7RA]

The Yaesu FT8900R. I have it and it is a great radio. It is a quad band, and does 440 and 144 also.
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73

[zz0468]

Originally Posted by CLynch7

Does anyone make a mobile radio that covers both 6 and 10 meters?

If you like commercial gear, the Motorola low band SyntorX will do both 6 and 10 meters.

[ka3jjz]

Doesn't most of the HF mobiles cover both 10 and 6 - in all modes - these days? I'm pretty sure the Icom 706 does....73 Mike

[KI6ABZ]

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The Yaesu Ft-87 covers all HF, 6m, 2m, and 70cm

[CLynch7]

Guess I need to start saving my pennies!

[KI6ABZ]

yeah, they're all a tad expensive. I prefer the HF rigs because they can also do sideband.. both 10M and 6M use sideband and FM modes. If you get the 8900 or similar FM rig, you can only use FM on those two bands, but you have the advantage of things like cross-band repeat and dual receive.

[mancow]

It's the Motorola Syntor X9000 that does 10 and 6 in one drawer with more than 16 channels in the scan list too.

Interesting that you have to buy a 15-20 year old radio to get features unavailable in 2009.

But what do we know...we're just the customers.

[KI6ABZ]

16 channels isn't a lot... the 10 meter band is almost 2 MHz wide, and the 6 meter band is 4 Mhz wide. Even with AM or FM at 10k per channel, that's about 600 potential channels... and that doesn't cover all the options for sideband, AM, and FM simplex.

I suppose if you were only going to work repeaters, then that rig would be useful, but those bands really aren't repeater bands... they're most useful for local mobile simplex, and that's where you really need a VFO knob.

[zz0468]

Originally Posted by mancow

It's the Motorola Syntor X9000 that does 10 and 6 in one drawer with more than 16 channels in the scan list too.

Interesting that you have to buy a 15-20 year old radio to get features unavailable in 2009.

But what do we know...we're just the customers.

The Syntor X will do 10 and 6, too. I don't recall what, if any, other features it has. It's a pain in the neck to program, though...

[mancow]

Yea.... that's what I'm saying... The X9000 is the rare breed that actually will scan MORE than 16 channels at a time. It's a hell of a radio, one of the very best ever made.

[zz0468]

Originally Posted by KI6ABZ

16 channels isn't a lot... the 10 meter band is almost 2 MHz wide, and the 6 meter band is 4 Mhz wide. Even with AM or FM at 10k per channel, that's about 600 potential channels... and that doesn't cover all the options for sideband, AM, and FM simplex.

I suppose if you were only going to work repeaters, then that rig would be useful, but those bands really aren't repeater bands... they're most useful for local mobile simplex, and that's where you really need a VFO knob.

FM operation on both bands is generally channelized at the upper end of both bands, and if I recall correctly, the Syntors actually have enough capacity for ALL the standard FM channels on both bands.

If you want more than that, one of the multi-mode amateur radios would be a better choice.

[kb2vxa]

Uh huh, commercial gear is WAY to limited unless you're talking Racal, Watkins-Johnson, Harris and a few other extremely expensive HF marine and aviation rigs. One may properly call "multi mode" all mode when you consider sound card driven SSB that has a neat way of turning into all sorts of digital modes and SSTV. Heh, even if programming memory slots boggles your mind ham rigs have VFOs and they even do odd splits, essential for working DX. (;->)

[SOFA_KING]

The Syntor X9000 scans up to 64 channels with two levels of quick priority scan as well. You will not miss a thing with that super fast priority. The true RF noise blanker will "extend" receive range in a mobile environment way beyond what you can hear with amateur equipment. You can even program a list of up to 16 PL/DPL access codes that you can change on the fly if you need multi-PL operation. They will also do repeater talkaround with a push of a button. This is one of the greatest /\/\ radios ever made. I will never sell mine. I still love my 6m crystal Mitrek the most for all out best RX sensitivity and noise blanker, best TX audio, and with a small mod fantastic RX audio, but the SYNTOR X9000 is the total "low band" king. They should have never stopped making them.

Phil

[blinddog50]

Never could figure out why Yaesu left off ssb on the FT-8900.
It would have made a good radio into a great one.
I would have bought one a long time ago, but I love my ssb.

[grem467]

well, considering the differences in a radio between FM and SSB, id say $$$...

[k9rzz]

Icom IC706mkIIg - you can't go wrong. Mine is in the car and tuned in on something all the time.