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And the dog hold your tower up?
 


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BRETT WINCHESTER
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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 8:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Antenna switches.

Ah, well.  I only have the guide dog to clear it with, and Eunie doesn't
say very much.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 07:19 AM 10/5/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>You may be on the track here.  I do recall the mast mounted GAsFet now 
>and that really is a good way to go if possible.  If I had a decent 
>tower I might get back into that weak signal stuff.  I spent a lot of 
>time at other hams homes doing that stuff and really enjoyed my 
>attempts at moon bounce though never did make any contacts, other than 
>my own echoes which were s8 or so. =20
>
>That ham W7UBI (I think silent key or lapsed to say the least) 
>developed some home brew log periodic with about 19 DBI which were real

>workhorses for the FM work I was doing at the time.  They however 
>succumbed to a microburst which is rare for my area and I also lost the
tower as well.
>Needless to say the wife has been adamant about no towers unless done 
>to milspec which put a real crimp in things.  =20
>
>
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>BRETT WINCHESTER
>[log in to unmask]
>208-639-8386
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:06 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
>
>Hi Brett.
>
>I can fill in some of the blanks here.  The Icom IC271 and 471 series 
>radios used the EX310 voice synthesizer which is extremely difficult to

>find.  I ended up dumping my Icom radios because they were just 
>impossible to find and it turned out that buying a used Kenwood TS790A 
>and a VS2 voice synthesizer was the path of least resistance.  Other 
>than the fact that there isn't accessible documentation anywhere for 
>the '790, it is a pretty good radio--actually a bit more sensitive than

>the Icom 271H.  I never did a comparison on the UHF side before I sent 
>the Icoms down the road.
>
>The Icom 271 had an optional AG20 GaAsFet preamp, and I think there was

>another one available.  One could be installed in the radio, the other 
>was a mast mount preamp.  Unfortunately, I had neither, but the Icom 
>271H was at least as sensitive as the Kenwood TS711A (I had one of 
>those
>too) and a bit more sensitive than my old Icom IC290A.
>
>Mutek Ltd made a replacement receiver front end board for the IC271 
>series radios which really brought the performance of the receiver in 
>that radio up to a world class radio.  Perhaps the one that you heard 
>had one of those Mutek frontends as they were quite popular with weak 
>signal VHF enthusiasts.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 04:21 PM 10/4/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> >You are right but I too forget the model number.  Wish I had a pair 
> >or=20 better yet the Icom of that era.  The receivers were reputedly

> >(by=20 those in my area working weak signal satellite or 
> >moonbounce)better on=20 the Icom but I forget if the 271 471 had 
> >speech.  I do think that they=20 had a GasFet preamp option which 
> >explains the receiver difference. =
>=3D20
> >
> >
> >###
> >BRETT WINCHESTER
> >[log in to unmask]
> >208-639-8386
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> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: For blind ham radio operators
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:39 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >I think there was a 6 meter version of that too but good luck 
> >finding=20 one.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:18 PM
> >Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >
> > > The 711 is a two meter all mode rig.  Make sure the radio has the
> >speech
> > > board and the pl board.  I had one and its companion the 811 for
>432.
> >The
> > > radios worked very well and were real workhorses.
> > >
> > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > > From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:12 PM
> >
> >
> >
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> >10/4/2007
> >5:03 PM
>
>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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>6:53 PM

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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