Hi Gary.

Thanks.

I found a used TS-790A at AES, and they still had a couple of the VS-2
boards, so I ordered it and had them install the voice board.

This will get me back on everything except 220 MHz, which is going to be
rough.  There wasn't much around that had voice on 220 MHz unless I can
stumble across an Icom IC-375A with the voice board already in it.  I'm
probably going to be better off to try to put a transverter on my HF rig,
and keep my eyes peeled for a Midland 13-509 for the FM part of the
band.  There aren't that many 220 repeaters in Rochester, NY that I
couldn't make a crystal rig work.

73, and thanks.

Lou K2LKK

At 04:56 PM 5/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>The ts 790 should take a vs-2, but the 811 I believe will have to have a
>vs-1. the vs-1 can still be found but is much harder to find.
>Gary Jackson  KK5GE
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:54 PM
>Subject: Looking for used UHF all-mode gear
>
>
>Hi all.
>
>I am trying to locate a used UHF all-mode rig that will either accept a
>currently available speech board like the Kenwood VS-2 board, or a radio
>that already has a speech board.  The problem that I am having is figuring
>out which radios will adapt and whether the boards can still be gotten.  I
>know of a couple of sources of the Kenwood VS-2 board.  Does anyone know if
>the Kenwood TS-790 or the TS-811A took speech boards?
>
>Thanks.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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