Good radio, I have had a couple IC-2at's over the years and actually found 
one at a ham fest today I couldn't pass up. With so many public service 
events I do using simplex, I figure I'd rather have something happen to that 
one, like last weekend when we did one in the rain, than have something 
happen to one I paid a lot of money for. The baofeng my wife has just is 
horrible for public service, after a while the receive light comes on but 
nothing's heard until you hit a button and many I talk to who do public 
service with me a lot find the same thing so I decided an almost free IC-2AT 
is a much better way to go. I can't say I know anyone who's killed one of 
those but I sure know a lot who still have them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carolyn johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: My view and memories about ham radio: was Amateur Radio 
Licensees in U.S.


>I used to have the Icom 2at, and I really loved that thing. Mine fineally
> developed a problem, someone took it apart, and helped me order a part, 
> and
> he soldered It in, it worked for awhile, then it started acting up, and an
> older guy that was friends of my late husband and me bought it from me
> because he wanted an ht. His wife wouldn't let him buy anything, so he 
> snuck
> me money when he could get ahold of some till he got it paid for. I had to
> tell her that I gave it to him. He didn't want me to give it to him 
> either.
>
> Carolyn
>
>
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> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 8:19 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: My view and memories about ham radio: was Amateur Radio
> Licensees in U.S.
>
>> Hello,
>> I still have an Icom 2at I purchased new in 1992. My husband also has one
>> which I use since he uses a dual band Yaesu 470.
>> Someone gave me a Radio HTX202 because he doesn't operate any more.
>> I use an Icom 706, one of the newer ones, I have a Kenwood 440s which I
>> got when I joined Navy Marine Corps Mars in 1995 and a have a Kenwood
>> TMV7A as well.
>> Colleen, N8TNV;
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kevin Minor <[log in to unmask]>
>> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:20 pm
>> Subject: My view and memories about ham radio: was RE: Amateur Radio
>> Licensees in U.S.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I remember the days when novices could only operate CW on 80, 40, 15 and
>>> 10,
>>> and if I remember, the maximum power allowed was 250 watts.  I got my
>>> license on February 12, 1982, and for four months I operated nothing but
>>> CW
>>> with my Swan Signet 360.  I had a blast, and I remember waking up at 5 
>>> or
>>> 6
>>> in the morning to work stations in California on 40.  My Dad thought I
>>> was
>>> weird, but now that I think of it, this meant the dudes in California
>>> were
>>> up at 2 or 3 in the morning.  One person I specificly remember 
>>> contacting
>>> lived in Missouri, if I remember right, she was in Kansas City.  She was
>>> Kathy, KA0MKM.  A little later on I worked her Father.  In July of that
>>> year
>>> I got my general class, and I did a few contacts on SSB, but for me CW
>>> was
>>> and still is my mode of choice on HF.  In 1986 I got my advanced class
>>> license, and a month later I got my extra.  Oh yeah,  I was lucky when I
>>> got
>>> my novice and general class, because the FCC authorized people to give
>>> exams
>>> to those who couldn't get to the FCC office.  I was 16 when I got my
>>> novice.
>>> When I tested for the novice class, I didn't know whether I passed or 
>>> not
>>> until the Friday when I got my license.  I did know I passed the general
>>> exam, and eagerly waited for my license to arrive.
>>>
>>> I remember my first 2 meter rig, and Icom 2AT.  It was a great radio.
>>> Instead of using keypad entry of frequencies, you turned wheels on the
>>> top
>>> of the radio to change frequencies.  One thing a tech in our state 
>>> agency
>>> for the blind, I don't know if he was a ham or not, but he marked where
>>> the
>>> zeros were on the wheels, so it was easy to tune it to specific
>>> frequencies.
>>> Five years later I got an Icom 02AT, and it was easier to tune, with
>>> keypad
>>> entry of frequencies, and it did five watts out versus a maximum of a
>>> watt
>>> and a half for the 2AT.  Now I own a Kenwood TH-F6A, and I like the
>>> radio,
>>> especially its general coverage receiver.  I also remember my first
>>> mobile 2
>>> meter rig, which doubled as a base radio for me.  It was an Azden 3000,
>>> and
>>> it had an incredible receiver, and it had 8 memories that you could
>>> program.
>>> I got that radio in the fall of 1984, and I had it until around 1991 or
>>> so.
>>> Now I have a Kenwood TM-V71A as my base rig, and it's set up as an Echo
>>> Link
>>> station, being linked by RF to a local repeater in the area.  The radio
>>> has
>>> been constantly on for over five years now, and, knock on my wooden 
>>> head,
>>> I
>>> haven't had a single problem with it.
>>>
>>> I think that amateur radio is a thriving hobby, but I don't think that
>>> we're
>>> getting as many teenagers in it as we used to.  We did have a youth day 
>>> a
>>> few years ago, and I had my Echo Link radio set up.  I went to a 
>>> location
>>> across town, and youngsters operated the Echo Link from there.  They 
>>> also
>>> did HF and some satellite as well.  I think that the hobby is changing.
>>> I'm
>>> sure there was complaints from those who were exclusive CW operators 
>>> when
>>> voice was allowed, and I've heard stories about the fights between AM 
>>> and
>>> SSB operators.  For the past few decades we've had satellites to use, 
>>> and
>>> now Echo Link and IRLP and D-STAR are among the new digital modes that
>>> are
>>> being used by hams to communicate around the world.  I'm one who hopes 
>>> HF
>>> stays around, and I well remember the controversial decision of allowing
>>> codeless licenses.  I was one who opposed having no code, but now I 
>>> don't
>>> have a problem with it.  I do, however, think it's important for us as
>>> hams
>>> to remember our roots, and I therefore hope the ARRL will give an award
>>> for
>>> someone who operates CW.  I remember when I first learned the code in
>>> 1979,
>>> and I can say with pride that in the past I was able to copy 35 words 
>>> per
>>> minute, and I didn't have to write down what I heard.
>>>
>>> I know this message is a bit long, but I wanted to share my experiences
>>> with
>>> the hobby.  Besides having an Echo Link node, I used to operate a packet
>>> radio BBS, and for a few months I was an HF gateway to deliver messages.
>>> Currently I don't have an HF rig, and since I live in an apartment I'm
>>> not
>>> sure how I'd operate.  This note has inspired me to turn on the TH-F6A
>>> and
>>> scan the memories, both ham and public service frequencies for activity.
>>> I
>>> think our hobby is doing just fine, it's just evolving.
>>>
>>> Have a great day, and don't work too hard.
>>> GO REDS and GO PACERS!
>>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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