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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by nickysielicki on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:32PM (#24401996)
Kenwood's TH-D72, TH-V71A, and TM-D710G can do it.

An incomplete list of full duplex vhf/uhf cross-band FM radios can be found in this reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/97jhik/gettin...

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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by mlyle on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:26PM (#24402498)
TM-V71A isn't a HT, nor is a TM-D710G. For a new ham who's scraped together some coins and gotten an HT, the only options that I'm aware that will work are the TH-D72.

AFAIK the only options are TH-D72 and Wouxun Dual.

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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by nickysielicki on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:38PM (#24402622)
While not an HT, the TM-V71A is very popular for LEO usage because you can easily ramp up to 25W when needed.

See this video of John Brier KG4AKV with his front-backpack TM-V71A mount. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Ukh_nT2Tg

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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by jimnotgym on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:37PM (#24402042)
Sure they can, but I wondered what cheap radio the OP was talking about that runs full-duplex?
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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by nickysielicki on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:45PM (#24402114)
Yeah, there really aren't any. The cheapest option is two unwieldy independent Baofengs.
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Re:International Space Station 437.800 MHz cross band FM rep... by tomfanning on Thursday September 10, 2020 @04:00AM (#24429971)
A second-hand Kenwood TH-D7 is an alright choice.
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