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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 94 04:30:19 PDT
From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-equip@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #111
To: Ham-Equip
Ham-Equip Digest Sat, 16 Apr 94 Volume 94 : Issue 111
Today's Topics:
ATV
CW FILTER FOR YAESU FT101E
FOR SALE: Bird Wattmeter Stuff
Syntor synthesized?
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herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 17:24:32 GMT
From: swrinde!emory!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!apollo1.cacd.rockwell.com!newsrelay.iastate.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!usenet-feed.umr.edu!saucer@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: ATV
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Anybody out there know where to get ATV equipment for sale new or used?
A friend of mine is having a problem finding any. I'd appreciate the help.
Thanks
E.Raub
eraub@umr.edu
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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 16:34:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news1.oakland.edu!rcsuna.gmr.com!kocrsv01!cwjones@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: CW FILTER FOR YAESU FT101E
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Dorr R. Depew -
I tried to email you with the address: ddepew@CHM.TEC.SC.US
and it bounced. Please respond directly to the email address
below.
Chris Jones
cwjones@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com
packet: n9cyn@k9zev
--
Chris Jones
Internet: cwjones@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com
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Date: 15 Apr 1994 18:05:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!ucs.orst.edu!steinr@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: FOR SALE: Bird Wattmeter Stuff
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I have for sale a 10kW slug for 2-30 MHz.
Would also trade for a 140 MHz slug at 10W or 50W, or a
440 MHz slug at 10W.
Also I would like to sell the waveguide input/output terminals
as well. Again, will trade for standard coaxial terminals.
Please e-mail me with a price you're willing to pay -- and if you
have the parts I am looking for.
Thanks in advance,
Ray Stein -- steinr@ucs.orst.edu
OSU Electrical Engineering
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Date: 15 Apr 1994 18:52:35 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!gc@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Syntor synthesized?
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I have had some experience with older Motorola LMRs starting
with converting an FMTR-50D to 6 meters (anyone remember those?)
up through Micors and Mitreks. But I have no experience
with the newer programmable models.
Recently someone posted to rec.radio.swap that he had
a low band "Crystal Unit" Syntor for sale. I had always had the
impression that the Syntor was a programmable synthesized
radio.
Can anyone explain the features of the Syntor? Were
there some early crystal controlled units with later synthesized
units? Or is my impression of these being programmable at all
all wrong? What about Syntor X ?
Note: I can't ask the guy selling the "Crystal Unit" Syntor
anything. Email to the address he posted bounces.
TNX es 73,
Gary
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Date: 15 Apr 94 18:01:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!hamilton@network.ucsd.edu
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
References <hamilton.766164041@BIX.com>, <1994Apr14.162145.506@pacs.sunbelt.net>, <1994Apr15.144527.877@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>
Subject : Re: I passed my tests-now what?
gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes:
>There are indeed good old rigs out there, especially tube rigs like
>Drake and Collins. There are also lousy solid state rigs out there
>from the period before manufacturers started recognizing the unique
>problems of solid state and started designing differently to deal
>with those differences. Buyer beware. Read the book of QST reviews
>carefully before jumping on a 70s vintage solid state rig.
I've seen this point raised in several magazine articles also. The
gist, which seems reasonable to me, is that as a newcomer to ham
radio, it's more difficult to make a meaningful evaluation of a used
rig. We newcomers just don't have the experience and judgment that
comes from it that some of the rest of you have.
Also, if there is a problem with a new rig, it should (maybe not always,
but should) be more straightforward getting it resolved, particularly
if you paid by credit card.
>I'd also like to remark that new rigs aren't that much more expensive
>than old rigs. The Drake TR4 retailed for $495 in 1967 dollars. That's
>$3960 in 1994 dollarettes. That kind of money will buy most of the
>top line radios of today. And if you choose an IC-735, you may even
>have enough left over to buy a good used car to put it in. :-)
Well, also, bright, shiny, new stuff is more exciting. It seems
like the question is just what sort of budget you have and what
turns you on.
I mentioned in an earlier post that one fellow had made me feel a
bit "guilty" considering a top-of-the-line rig as a rank beginner.
Sort of the idea that you're supposed to "earn" the right to buy
a top rig. Pay your dues. Since then (and since buying my FT-990
which, while not the top Yaesu is nonetheless a very good one), I've
come around on this issue a bit. If it's your money, you've earned
it legally, presumably by some hard work and you want to spend it
on the gold-plated super deluxe model, hey, what the hell, that's
your business!
Don't let anyone work you over, telling you you have to "earn" the
right to buy a top-end rig. Once you've earned the money, you've earned
the right to spend it any way you like. It's nobody else's business.
This is a hobby. It's supposed to be fun. Enjoy yourself!
>In constant dollars, electronics of all kinds is much cheaper today
>than in the "good old days", and much more capable too. Enjoy!
That's really true! Things like 10-key tuning and digital frequency
displays, etc., sometimes seem a little magical to a guy like me that
last played around with radios when it was all slide-rule tuning! For
anyone like me with an advanced case of gadgetitis, ham radio today
certainly offers everything you could ask for.
Regards,
Doug Hamilton hamilton@bix.com Ph 508-358-5715
Hamilton Laboratories, 13 Old Farm Road, Wayland, MA 01778-3117
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