K9RNW
Member
Hey all,
Trying to get back into the ham radio scene.... When I first got my license in 2008, I picked up an ICOM 208H. After college started to pick up....I kind of lost time and interest, and sold it. Fortunately that's all done and over with.
Much to my chagrin, ICOM doesn't make any radios like it anymore. It had such an intuitive interface, and 50/55W of power. They have double Tx/Rx radios like the 2730H (which I don't want), and the 4100A which doesn't have a wide spectrum scanner like the 208H (wtf???). I seriously do not understand the latter, as my 208H could monitor pretty much every frequency from the double digits into the 900's. The 2730 only receives from 118–174 and 375– 550MHz.
Are there any dual band transceivers out there that are built rock solid, have as much power, and have a control interface as intuitive at the 208H? I say that because I'm more of a casual operator...and don't really want anything too complicated. Just something simple, powerful, easy to use, and has auto-repeater offset functionality (not sure if all radios generally have this).
Thank you in advance!
Trying to get back into the ham radio scene.... When I first got my license in 2008, I picked up an ICOM 208H. After college started to pick up....I kind of lost time and interest, and sold it. Fortunately that's all done and over with.
Much to my chagrin, ICOM doesn't make any radios like it anymore. It had such an intuitive interface, and 50/55W of power. They have double Tx/Rx radios like the 2730H (which I don't want), and the 4100A which doesn't have a wide spectrum scanner like the 208H (wtf???). I seriously do not understand the latter, as my 208H could monitor pretty much every frequency from the double digits into the 900's. The 2730 only receives from 118–174 and 375– 550MHz.
Are there any dual band transceivers out there that are built rock solid, have as much power, and have a control interface as intuitive at the 208H? I say that because I'm more of a casual operator...and don't really want anything too complicated. Just something simple, powerful, easy to use, and has auto-repeater offset functionality (not sure if all radios generally have this).
Thank you in advance!