Do the D72A. It will leave you more future options if you want to attach the 72 to a tablet to do live tracking on a map. Can use Garmins with the round serial port too for a map in hand if all you want to do is
see the rocket on a map. The "right" Garmins can be had used for a reasonable price and OSM maps can be downloaded here:
https://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
The 72 sends the rocket position/waypoint to the Garmin and it is "automagically" plotted on the map. NO MUSS, NO FUSS! No using other outside apps to convert lat/long or
manually input data into a mapping program. Soooooooooooo much easier to have this done automatically. Do yourself a favor and get a 72.
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That's my old 60 Cs above and I got a 60CsX hardly used that has the "Sight 'N Go" feature that the 60Cs lacks. Very helpful to shoot a line at a descending rocket that doesn't have a tracker. The Garmin will lock it in and you don't have to keep staring
at your landmarks as you walk to your rocket. Keeps one from falling in a hole or tripping. If I look down, I invariably lose my landmark so the line on the Garmin pointing the way really helps.
There is no easy way to get APRS positions out of a Yaesu handhelds APRS or otherwise. Yaesu has never done APRS right. The VX-8GR that is out of production could be attached to a Garmin using the same cable for a Kenwood
like I show to pull the waypoints off for tracking. The 72 is on sale for less than you have budgeted:
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010879 Get a drop-in charger and buy a Molly case off of ebay and you'll be good. You can get free software
from Kenwood or use the Chirp radio programmer for it. The 72 dropped in price due to the new D74A which is too rich for me. I don't do D-star and already have 220Mhz rigs so I don't need another tribander. Kurt also known as KC9LDH
Can also do tricks for rocket launch announcements like shown on the APRS maps:
https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a/PARS&timerange=3600&tail=3600
https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a/QCRS&timerange=3600&tail=3600