I suppose I'm going through that HT phase that new hams tend to go through at one point or another and have several of the Chinese radios, but now I'm looking at getting my first radio from the Big Three, namely the Yaesu FT-60R.
I have one question concerning this radio. Is it possible to listen to the military airband on the FT-60R? As far as I can tell, the military airband is between 225 MHZ and 400 MHZ and it is AM. So I guess I'm asking if the FT-60R can receive AM in this range. According to the specs in the manual, which I downloaded, it should, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this. I know that it covers the commercial airband, but I have a scanner that covers commercial.
My decision whether to buy this radio really comes down to this question only. I have scanners that cover all the other bands, and my Chinese HTs do a good job on the amateur bands and also have considerable receive (and too much transmit) coverage. I'm reaching for a reason to justify buying this Yaseau HT.
I have one question concerning this radio. Is it possible to listen to the military airband on the FT-60R? As far as I can tell, the military airband is between 225 MHZ and 400 MHZ and it is AM. So I guess I'm asking if the FT-60R can receive AM in this range. According to the specs in the manual, which I downloaded, it should, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this. I know that it covers the commercial airband, but I have a scanner that covers commercial.
My decision whether to buy this radio really comes down to this question only. I have scanners that cover all the other bands, and my Chinese HTs do a good job on the amateur bands and also have considerable receive (and too much transmit) coverage. I'm reaching for a reason to justify buying this Yaseau HT.