Hi.
Are you sure that wasn't an Icom IC502? It sound like one. Actually Icom
made a couple of portables like that. They also had the IC505, which I
almost had. A friend of mine in college had the IC502.
Yaesu also made a halfway decent portable for 6 meters which had FM, SSB,
and CW. That was the FT690, which was a 3 watt portable. They later
followed that with the FT690 MK II, which would put out power equivalent to
a mobile radio when put on a 13.8 volt source, or it would run 3 watts on
the optional battery pack. Yaesu also made 2 meter and 70 cm versions of
these radios. I had the FT790 Mk II, and I can truthfully say that it was
the only piece of Yaesu radio equipment that I ever owned that I really
liked. These radios are not accessible, though, but in the 1990s when I
owned that radio, accessibility wasn't yet an issue for me.
If Kenwood ever did make a 6 meter portable, I've never run across that one
in the 29 years that I've been licensed, and I like to horsetrade enough
that I've owned too many different radios for me to count anymore.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 04:34 PM 10/4/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>does anyone know what the model number of the kenwood 6 meter portable was?
>I found one at a flee market recently and didn't even know one was
>made....basically a medium sized radio, with 6 meters SSB, am and possibly
>FM and a telescoping antenna that came out of the top...didn't get a chance
>to see if it worked on batteries or not.
>thought it was the ts600 but might have miss remembered the model.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:24 PM
>Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
>
>
> > I don't know about the 71 series but the 75 series had speech. I think the
>6
> > meter Kenwood we're thinking of was the TS-611. I saw the TS-600 for sale
> > the other day, 6 meter version of the TS700, wow!! can that thing bring a
> > price!! but it's the first one I've ever seen for sale so that's probably
> > why.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >
> > > You are right but I too forget the model number. Wish I had a pair or
> > > better yet the Icom of that era. The receivers were reputedly (by
> > > those in my area working weak signal satellite or moonbounce)better on
> > > the Icom but I forget if the 271 471 had speech. I do think that they
> > > had a GasFet preamp option which explains the receiver difference. =20
> > >
> > >
> > > ###
> > > BRETT WINCHESTER
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > 208-639-8386
> > > ###
> > >
> > >
> > > -----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
> > > 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 -----=20
> > >> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:12 PM
> >
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