Silly question for those who muck around with the cheaper amateur transceivers. What sets out there are capable of packet radio (both classical 1200baud Bell203 and 9600baud G3RUH), dual-band and can do ≥20W?

I've looked around, and so far the winner seems to be the Yaesu FTM-150R; AU$500 through a local supplier. A little overkill, but workable.

I was thinking something like a Chinese clone of the FT-7900R if such a thing existed. Dual-band, but single watch, decent power, and mini-DIN 6 data jack.

eBay list lots of Anytones and other Chinese brands, but none of them I've looked at to date, seem to have a data port for doing packet radio, and I really don't want to go through the microphone circuit for that even though 1200-baud packet is quite forgiving. (9600 baud is not!)

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