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Technical Topics => Equipment => Topic started by: ThaDood on August 13, 2026, 1640 UTC
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https://www.rigpix.com/mischam/moonraker_luna.htm Looks like a neat rig. Kind of looks Yaesu-like. Receiver sensitivity looks nice, at .2uV. Question is, how's the selectivity and out-of-band rejection? Looks made for the Euro market, with 2M only being from 144MHz - 146MHz, and UHF being 430MHz - 440MHz. And, Current draw on high being 10A? That's pretty conservative. Using a Kenwood TM-D710A, as an example, 50W on UHF draws more than 11A on that rig. So, I would suspect that if this Moonraker actually did 60W on 440MHz, it would draw more than 10A. I do like the display on it though. I'd like to see the reviews of the perks & jerks on this rig, before I'd consider it.
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How much of this stuff makes its way to the US market?
In the UK we seem flooded with cheap chinese radios - handhelds and mobiles.
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Not seen one or know anyone that has bought one but if it’s anything like the Moonraker Titan 10m set I wouldn’t bother.
Cheaply made, looks the part but lots of little annoying things about it. Also my mic PTT failed after 3 months of light use and had to be replaced.
Okay for a ‘starter rig’ or to chuck in a works van but I’d advise to spend a little more on something like Anytone or lower end Yaesu.
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Not seen one or know anyone that has bought one but if it’s anything like the Moonraker Titan 10m set I wouldn’t bother.
Well, let's be honest, anything marketed as a "10m" rig is basically a CB radio in disguise to get around local sales regs.
The last 10m radio that was almost honest was the (very) old Belcom LS102 in the 1980s
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Not seen one or know anyone that has bought one but if it’s anything like the Moonraker Titan 10m set I wouldn’t bother.
Well, let's be honest, anything marketed as a "10m" rig is basically a CB radio is disguise to get around local sales regs.
Yeah, I’d agree on that and even then it’s nowhere near the quality of Anytone, CRT or President radios.
It served a purpose, I bought it for quick portable deployment when 10m was wide open because I didn’t fancy disconnecting the Yaesu ft-897 CAT control in the shack every time.