Hi Phil.

I think the only things that makes today's radios too complex is that they 
try to make one radio serve too many purposes, and they try too hard to 
minimize the number of radio controls by putting most things on menus.  My 
old Kenwood TS130S had just about the right balance between performance and 
complexity.  Didn't have to get the book out very often for that radio!

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:01 PM 6/19/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>I am getting to old to buy any more radioes that you have to go to night
>school to learn how to operate.  Give me the HT37 any day.  In fact, if you
>have one, I'll give you 25 bucks for it if you pay the shipping to Denver,
>grin.  Toss in the HQ180X and I might even up it to 50 dollars but you still
>have to pay the shipping.  It took me three months to learn how to program
>my Kenwood V7A and then I went for several months without the need to change
>anything until our repeater club droped a 100 Hz sub tone on the input and I
>had to get out the manual and figure everything out all over again.  My old
>Drake TR22 I first got for 2 meters is starting to sound pretty simple
>compared to all this stuff you guys are doing now.  When I had my FT757GX
>with the software up and running, I must admit, all them memory channels,
>dual V F Oes, automatic antenna tuning, and all those extra features were
>pretty cool.  No more labeling crystals in Braille either.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX
>
>The Zenith Tube Website
>www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org

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