Date: Fri, 27 May 94 04:30:22 PDT From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Equip-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Equip@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #162 To: Ham-Equip Ham-Equip Digest Fri, 27 May 94 Volume 94 : Issue 162 Today's Topics: Alinco Repair Service HF Rig Recommendations (2 msgs) Need phone number for R.L. Drake Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Equip Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-equip". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 26 May 1994 22:25:02 -0400 From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net Subject: Alinco Repair Service To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu In article , hemstree@cs.colostate.edu (charles he hemstreet) writes: The 2M transmit section on my DJ-580 died, and I guess I need to send it to Alinco (when I visit the USA next month). Does anyone have any experience dealing with them? Do you have any advice, warnings, etc.? I have had good experience with Alinco Repair..... It's been three years but they did a fine job of repairs their original 2 mt ht for me.....And price was not unreasonable.....Good Luck.... Mike kc2kj ------------------------------ Date: 26 May 1994 22:42:00 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!qualcomm.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HF Rig Recommendations To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu I'm a fairly newly licensed person and would like to get some pros/cons on some HF rigs, specificlly the FT-890 and TS-450. Both rigs are in my price range and seem to offer the features that I desire. My main interest lies with CW so I know I'll want the 500khz filter in which ever one I choose. Instead of lecturing me on brands, I'd like to hear about specific points of each radio. I seem to remember reading this newsgroup a few months back and saw some discussion on the TS-580 vs the FT-990. I would like somehting along that same thread. Here are some of my general observations: FT-890 Likes: Analog meter, size, audio sound, layout of the knobs/controls Dislikes: No numeric (ie keypad entry), TS-450 Likes: Keypad entry, seems to geared towards a higher end user (can grow into the radio), wide array of filter options. Dislikes: Digital/bar meter, controls maybe to small for my club fists, display maybe hard to read with my poor vision except under optimal conditions. I'm looking for you'all to give the technical guidance that new hams look to older/more experienced hams for. Troy Flowers KE6ASO General class and confirmed CW lunatic tflowers@qualcomm.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 23:37:27 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!joelf@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HF Rig Recommendations To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu tflowers (tflowers@qualcomm.com) wrote: : I'm a fairly newly licensed person and would like to get some pros/cons on : some HF rigs, specificlly the FT-890 and TS-450. Both rigs are in my price range and : seem to offer the features that I desire. My main interest lies with CW so : I know I'll want the 500khz filter in which ever one I choose. I picked up a TS-440 with no filters. Another ham in the area has the TS-440 with both of Kenwoods 500 and 250 Hz filters (another CW fanatic). I just about picked up both but instead started looking at the specs on the International Radio filters. They have steeper skirts than the Kenwood and so I decided to try the 400 Hz first. It did not drop in but works much better than expected. My old FT-101 500 Hz filter let too much through the sides. This one works well. Joel Frederick KG0IL joelf@csn.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 00:47:41 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gvls1!rossi@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Need phone number for R.L. Drake To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu I need the phone number for Drake. I have seen it posted in the past. Anybody have it? ================================================================= Pete Rossi - WA3NNA rossi@vfl.paramax.COM Unisys Corporation - Government Systems Group Valley Forge Engineering Center - Paoli, Pennsylvania ================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: 26 May 1994 19:13:30 GMT From: newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!vinod@uunet.uu.net To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu References <199405260839.BAA26054@ucsd.edu>, <9405261202.AA19929@umassmed.UMMED.EDU>, <2s2p2s$j7v$2@rosebud.ncd.com>.com Reply-To : vinod@watson.ibm.com Subject : HF starter rig recommendations (was Re: Bizarre QST Statement) This seemed like an opportune moment for a post I have been wanting to make for sometime. I read the QST article with much interest, as I am going to be looking for a used HF rig in a couple of months or so. I am waiting for my no-code ticket, and am studying code right now. I was thinking of getting a tranceiver to listen to W1AW code practice, but instead got a ten-tec single band kit, which I am goint to build this weekend, thus postponing the tranceiver purchase until after I have my novice ticket. So, please send me your advice on what I should look for in a used HF rig. I expect to be able to spend around $400-$450 max, for the rig, tuner, and power supply. So: - What models would fit the above criteria? - What features should I look for? - What should I avoid? - Can I get something which is all solid-state for the above price range? I am cross posting this to rec.radio.amateur.equipment as that is probably a more appropriate group for followups. Also, please feel to email directly to me, and I will summarize to the net. Many thanks in advance. --vinod email: vinod@watson.ibm.com ------------------------------ End of Ham-Equip Digest V94 #162 ******************************