Subj : Alinco DJ-C4T
To   : Night Owl
From : W8ZZU
Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 18:07:00

  Re: Alinco DJ-C4T
  By: Night Owl to All on Mon Sep 05 2005 10:47 am

 > I'm looking for a little information, hoping that someone out there might
 > know a little something about the Alinco DJ-C4T radio - I have the chance to
 > pick one up for just under 50 bucks - wondering if that is a good deal, also
 > wondering if 300mw output power is enought to do anything usefull? Here is
 > what I know about it - it's a sub-mini radio (The ad for it say credit card
 > size, looks little bigger to me, but ) I know it's on the 70cm band and I
 > know it has 300mw power - the draw backs as I see them are a fixed antanne,
 > and it's size makes it impossable to use "standard" mics/speakers with it. M
 > main worry is will it be useful with just 300mw - I did read one review on
 > the DJ-C4 on www.eham.com which looks like the same radio, but it wasn't muc
 > help in answering the questions - only 1 person did the review, so I'm
 > wondering if this radio is just a novility??? And not something anyone
 > serious would use, or if it's a good radio and size doesn't really matter? :
 > 
 > Anyways, please email me if you know something about it - I don't know what
 > kind of accessories come with it (if any at all). thanks

If you want my opinion, #1 - Alinco is absolute garbage.  I have owned 2 Alinco
HT's and they both stopped transmitting within the first year, after very light
use.  #2 - you can get a 5 watt HT for about 50 dollars more, brand new.  300mw
is not going to do anything for you unless you live like 10 feet from the
repeater you want to use.  300mw is going to get you a usable range in an open
field of about 1/4 of a mile, about 1/16 of a mile with trees and buildings. 
To put it into prespective for you, a FRS (Family Radio Service) Radio is more
powerful at 500mw and I am sure you are familiar with the range on those, about
1/2 a mile if your lucky.  

Jason - Whiskey Eight Zulu Zulu Uniform




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