I agree that the Quansheng DSB is not the solution, but in the spirit of amateur radio and experimentation, it is pretty interesting! I have used it successfully on a few activations now, and I am impressed that it works at all.
But my preference will remain to just take the FT-817nd and a 3 element Yagi, since this does perform far better, as well as being my main HF station.
The exotic Japanese SSB handhelds are very exciting, but out of my reach.
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