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HANDHELD RADIO
All,
I have been using a JRC JHP-500 handheld radio for field communications and have been a bit disappointed with it's performance. It has a standard 6" flex antenna. When I am in the air and someone tries to talk with me using the handheld, the transmission always sounds very weak, even if I am flying right over the top of them at the airport. For all I know, the radio is fine and the real culprit may simply be the antenna. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? |
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Hint,... it's not the antenna... it's the radio... JRC = Japan Radio Corp...
Get an ICOM BT wrote in message ups.com... All, I have been using a JRC JHP-500 handheld radio for field communications and have been a bit disappointed with it's performance. It has a standard 6" flex antenna. When I am in the air and someone tries to talk with me using the handheld, the transmission always sounds very weak, even if I am flying right over the top of them at the airport. For all I know, the radio is fine and the real culprit may simply be the antenna. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? |
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please read the following
http://www.icomamerica.com/downloads/cq-interview.pdf "BTIZ" wrote in message news:ViL1e.543$ZV5.432@fed1read05... Hint,... it's not the antenna... it's the radio... JRC = Japan Radio Corp... Get an ICOM BT wrote in message ups.com... All, I have been using a JRC JHP-500 handheld radio for field communications and have been a bit disappointed with it's performance. It has a standard 6" flex antenna. When I am in the air and someone tries to talk with me using the handheld, the transmission always sounds very weak, even if I am flying right over the top of them at the airport. For all I know, the radio is fine and the real culprit may simply be the antenna. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? |
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ok... I think we all knew that... but from what I read... ICOM is not JRC...
just cause ICOM is "made in Japan".. that does not make it JRC... I did not see any affiliation to JRC in the article... so.. whats your point? BT "F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message ... please read the following http://www.icomamerica.com/downloads/cq-interview.pdf "BTIZ" wrote in message news:ViL1e.543$ZV5.432@fed1read05... Hint,... it's not the antenna... it's the radio... JRC = Japan Radio Corp... Get an ICOM BT wrote in message ups.com... All, I have been using a JRC JHP-500 handheld radio for field communications and have been a bit disappointed with it's performance. It has a standard 6" flex antenna. When I am in the air and someone tries to talk with me using the handheld, the transmission always sounds very weak, even if I am flying right over the top of them at the airport. For all I know, the radio is fine and the real culprit may simply be the antenna. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? |
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wrote in message ups.com... Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? Yaesu, (now called Vertex) and Icom are the "Toyota and Honda" of the portable radio industry. You won't go far wrong with the products from either company. I use a Vertex ProV myself. It is so tiny that I fly with it around my neck on a light lanyard where it is always handy. Vaughn |
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Interesting to see JRC trashed, as they are a respected manufacturer. Here
is a quote from "Receivers Past & Present": "The Japan Radio Company was established in 1915 and is one of the oldest and largest electronics manufacturing companies in the world. J.R.C. is a respected leader in marine radio equipment ... and avionics." The JRC line of radio receivers are considered top of the line. Headquarters for Vertex, Icom and JRC are all in Japan. If the radio is not transmitting properly, I would read the manual and check the antenna and do not assume that it is the radio because it does not say Icom. Icom and Vertex are sold in large quantities to hams and are more well known than JRC here in the US, but that is simply due to marketing and not quality. Colin N12HS |
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What I'm not understanding from your message is "is the radio's speaker weak
((low volume)) or is the receiver not not receiving.....if it's the later it can be the antenna, the typical rubber duck antenna is not high performance but designed to be "convenient" and all handehld radios will suffer some from this antenna type. Generally the JHP radios ahve been very well received and highly dependable ......I sell JHP, Icom and Vertex as well as Walter Dittel handhelds.....all ahve features and benefits and all have a following......all also, including the JHP radios have good service and warranty...if there is any problem with the radio I'm certain it can be replaced or repaired without question tim Wings & Wheels www.wingsandwheels.com wrote in message ups.com... All, I have been using a JRC JHP-500 handheld radio for field communications and have been a bit disappointed with it's performance. It has a standard 6" flex antenna. When I am in the air and someone tries to talk with me using the handheld, the transmission always sounds very weak, even if I am flying right over the top of them at the airport. For all I know, the radio is fine and the real culprit may simply be the antenna. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on other (stock) handheld transceivers that have worked well for others that won't break the bank? |
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Tim, it's neither. When someone uses the handheld on the ground when
I'm flying in my glider, the transmission is very weak. So much so that I have to close all the vents and turn up the volume considerably to hear what they are saying. The radio operates just fine; it's just that it doesn't seem to transmit well. I'm only guessing, but I'd put my money on the antenna as the problem. |
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