Does anyone know anything about this radio for radio direction tracking? Does it have a operational signal strength meter unlike the Baofeng?
Are you planning on using this radio with an attenuator and yagi?
Yes. I have the Yagi and a Baofeng now. I still need to get the attenuator. The Baofeng signal meter is all on or off even though it has several segments.
For just receiving, you could also use a handheld scanner. There are quite a few fox hunting sites where people say they like using old Radio Shack or Uniden scanners. I looked recently on Craigslist here & saw several in the sub-$40 range.
(I haven’t tried those though, so research the exact model & make sure it has a good S meter.)
Sorry I didn’t say what my beacon is. I have a big red bee 70cm beacon. So I am getting a beep tone. Normally I can always hear the tone. The problem with the Baofeng (Ksaves warned me about this) is the S meter doesn’t give you a signal strength proportional readout. It’s 4 bars or no bars.
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I like building things. I have built a bunch of controllers for my other hobby of computer controlled Christmas lights. I will have to get the parts to build that attenuator.
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