What is a QS Yer?



From: Gerry Leary 
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: Re: best radio for the blind under $800?

I have a "QS Y ER" for sale if anyone would like to buy one

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> On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I have a 718, but it is a little strange how it addresses memories, hard=20=

> for me to gell if i'm in memory mode.  If you get one, get the qsyer,=20
> makes things much nicer.  It is a very nice radio for the money, but=20
> they don't intigrate the voice as well as Kenwood does.  On mine, I had=20=

> to turn the voice all the way up and even then sometimes had to turn rf=20=

> gain down to ququiet the back ground noise.  The volume control for the=20=

> voice is hard to find and a very very small pot on the main board.  All=20=

> that said though, the 718 is a good radio as far as it goes, but if you=20=

> could get a Kenwood with built in tuner, I'd go that way, better speech=20=

> intigration.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
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>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, Danny Dyer wrote:
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>> I just checked with Universal Radio, 1-800-4313939, and although they
>> had none of this model in stock in their used department,
>> _________they're featuring a new IC-718, normally priced at $690, but
>> with a $70 cupon which brings it to $620.  Use the UT-102 speech chip
>> which runs between fifty and seventy dollars new or used, and you've
>> got one of the finest new radios/IMHO, for the money that's out there.
>> Although the earliest models were shipped without the DSP/UT106, the
>> later models come with the DSP as standard equipment.  (Sorry, but I
>> forgot to ask about whether it was in this unit/they probably have
>> more than one, and I imagine the cupon is pretty much market wide.
>> Anyway, It has a keypad on the faront, a front firing speaker, is
>> pretty simple to operate, having a few menus to set, but most if not
>> all, are "set and forget"  It _Doesn't have a tuner, and or a power
>> supply, but for the money, a hundred or less watt radio, with voice
>> access, that's in production, I'm not sure you'll beat it in the price
>> range!!!  I've had and used one, and liked it a lot.  I thought they
>> were selling for a lot more than that price new, but aren't, according
>> to that price. I'm surprised none of you mentioned the 718.  HTH,
>> Danny
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>>> On 3/26/14, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> For that money, I'd stay away from out of production models, since the
>>> availability of replacement parts will come sooner than models in
>>> production.
>>> With that said, you should be able to find a ts570 for maybe $600 or so.=

>>> It is out of production.
>>> I have used the 480, and like it a lot.  The cW filter really improves t=
he
>>> radio if you will be using that mode.
>>> The 100 watt model has an internal tuner that will tune anything under a=
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>>> SWR.
>>> Some of the 480's are reported to have less PEP SSB output than you migh=
t
>>> want.  They are very conservative on their audio adjustments.
>>> If you are buying it from a store, have them check that out.
>>> I can whistle mine up to full power, but talking in to it, I get less ou=
tput
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>>> than I do on the kx-3 or the omni D.
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