Kenwood TM-271A
2m mobile 25/60W
https://www.kenwood.com/au/com/amateur/tm-271a/
I looked in the corner of my lab and found a Larsen PO UHF antenna with a BNC hanging off it, so I stuck it onto the radio via an adapter and it's picking up NOAA now just fine. The antenna will probably melt if I hit transmit. :-) I think it came with the Radio Modems so it's probably the version that works at 4230 MHz
I currently have turned transmit power down to about 1W on my test set up so it is unlikely to hurt anything.
Programming
I am using Chirp through a PG-4A cable with a serial to USB adapter (PL-2303), which does not work on Windows 10!! ("Unknown device is connected and ready to use!" huh yeah you are funny) and works flawlessly on Debian where I have no software installed for it. Grrr. On the Mac? YES! Works fine. So much for Windows.
So, I have a cable and software that works for this radio.
APRS
Should work as a digipeater. See the APRS page.
I want to turn the transmit power down as low as possible, defaults are 25 and 60W.
This is just an experiment to try out the radios.
Repeater linking
The reason I have these radios in the first place, the Repeater linking project.
Mods
Notes on the Packet connector mod
TM-271A CTSS Decode Modification
Link requiring login: Packet Connector Mod
A few photos COS output The components are so tiny I doubt I can even hold a scope probe on there.
