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FOR 50, 146, AND 222 MHZ.  I USED LEADED COMPONENTS AND TARGETED
THEORETICAL LOADS OF 50 J36 APPROXIMATELY A 2 1 SWR ON EACH OF THE THREE
BANDS.  TABLE 6 DISPLAYS THE MFJ 269C R AND X MEASUREMENTS AND THE
CALCULATED Z, COMPARED TO THE ARRAY SOLUTIONS AIMUHF.  AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
MFJ 269C PROVIDES GOOD SWR CORRELATION AT THE THREE FREQUENCIES, AS WELL AS
REASONABLY ACCURATE IMPEDENCE MEASUREMEMTS AT 50 MHZ.  THE IMPEDENCE
ACCURACY DEGRADES A BIT AT THE HIGHER FR

WITH THIS RADIO, CHANGING FREQUENCY IS EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.  ONCE THE
CHANNEL IS SELECTED, OPERATION IS SIMILAR TO TRADITIONAL HANDHELD RADIOS.
WHILE MAKING A DMR CONTACT, I RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE
TRANSMITTED AUDIO A LITTLE BIT HIGH PITCHED, BUT VERY CLEAN AND NATURAL.
IN ANALOG, THE RESULTS ARE SIMILAR.  ON THE RECEIVING END, IT SOUNDS VERY
GOOD AND THERE IS MORE BASS.  I NOTICED, DURING MY FIRST TRANSMITTING TEST,
THAT MY AUDIO WAS NOT VERY LOUD.  LATER, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS TALKING IN
FRONT OF THE KEYPAD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIO.  THE MICROPHONE IS LOCATED
NEAR THE SPEAKER ABOVE THE DISPLAY, AND TALKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
SPEAKER MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.  THIS RADIO CAN SCAN, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO
ADD THE DESIRED CHANNELS INTO THE SCAN LIST VIA THE PROGRAMMING SOFT WARE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE CHANNELS CREATED FOR EACH TG NEED TO BE ON THE
SCAN LIST, OTHERWISE THEY WONT BE SCANNED.  SOME VERY LIMITED CONFIGURATION
CAN BE DONE WITH THE KEYPAD.  HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES TIME AND DATE, ADDING
A CONTACT, CHANGING THE POWER, BACKLIGHT, AND A FEW MINOR OPTIONS.  THIS
RADIO HAS MORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE VIA THE PROGRAMMING
SOFTWARE.  CONCLUSION BRIDGECOMS D 500 WAS FUN TO PLAY WITH BECAUSE IT
OFFERS SO MUCH TO DISCOVER.  I USED IT FOR 13 HOURS WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE
BAR ON THE BATTERY INDICATOR.  IT SEEMS TO HAVE POWER FOR EVER.  THIS IS A

GOOD IF YOU PLAN TO BRING THIS RADIO OUT IN THE FIELD FOR EVENT
COMMUNICATIONS.  IF YOU TRAVEL WITH THIS RADIO, YOU WILL NEED TO PLAN IN
ADVANCE IF YOU WANT TO USE REPEATERS WHILE ON THE MOVE.  PROBABLY THE MAIN
TG WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MOST REPEATERS, BUT THE CHANNELS SHOULD BE
PREPROGRAMMED UNLESS YOU CARRY A COMPUTER AND THE PROGRAMMING CABLE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE 1,000 MEMORIES AVAILABLE, ALL THE COMMON SIMPLEX
FREQUENCIES SHOULD BE PROGRAMMED IN ADVANCE, SO WHEN YOU ARE OPERATING IN
THE FIELD, YOU CAN CHANGE CHANNELS EASILY.  THE BRIDGECOM SYSTEMS D 500 BY
TEKK IS A NICE DIGITAL RADIO, WITH VERY GOOD QUALITY AND A LOW PRICE TAG.
DURING THE REVIEW, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR BRIDGECOM, AND THEIR
CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS QUICK AND HELPFUL VIA E MAIL.  BOTTOM LINE YOU GET A
LOT FOR THE PRICE.  IF YOUVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING INTO DIGITAL DMR,
COMMUNICATIONS, THIS UNIT IS A GOOD WAY TO START WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION DMR AND DIGITAL VOICE COMMUNICATION, CHECK OUT MY
YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  MFJ 269C HF/VHF/UHF SWR ANALYZER REVIEWED BY PHIL SALAS,
AD5X QST PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED THE 269 AN ANTENNA ANALYZER THAT COVERED 1R8
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