Butch,
Weren't there a 207 and not long after a 208?  The newer one had 
slightly better battery life I think.  And there was a 440 version of 
the later one.  And then there was a dual band synthesized Yaesu 
which was glitchy and damned hard for a blind guy to manage.  Had one 
of them for a while and then got ticked off at it and sold 
it!!  Forgot what I replaced it with.  Long long ago, back when I had hair!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 08:27 AM 8/5/2011, you wrote:
>I remember the tempo.  First synthesized ht I had was a yaesu I think
>211, was hell on buatteries but no crystals to buy, come to think of it,
>was it a 207?
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Russ Kiehne wrote:
>
> > How many of you remember the Tempo S1 ht?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Butch Bussen
> > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:57 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: back on the list again
> >
> > Remember the glb synthesizer boxes.  You added these boxes to your
> > crystal rigs and made them a synthesized radio.  pagic!!!
> > 73
> > Butch
> > WA0VJR
> > Node 3148
> > Wallace, ks.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 4 Aug
> > 2011, Dave Marthouse wrote:
> >
> >> Back in 1978 when I was first licensed my first rig was a used Drake TR22.
> >> It had 6 crystal positions, a bullet shaped mic with a coil cord, leather
> >> caring case and ran on 10 aa nicad batteries.  I sold the radio a few
> >> years
> >> later.  I had since upgraded my 2 meter station to a WE800 from Wilson.
> >> That was one of the first if not the first portable synthesized rigs for 2
> >> meters.  I  remember when talking to people on the local repeaters when
> >> you
> >> wanted to go to another frequency the question was whether you were
> >> crystal
> >> or synthesized.  I would guess that synthesized rigs on 2 meters had maybe
> >> less than 50% penetration into the market at that point.  Those were fun
> >> days.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>
> >
> >