Message-Id: <20040429013337.VJBC1745.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.212.97.145]> MIke Freeman wrote: >And these multiband radios have broad front-ends of necessity. >Mike Freeman Right! REmember when folks used to rave about the HTx-202 and 404 for their good unwanted signal rejection. THen otoh they'd want to open up the receiver. THe old answer in the fidonet ham_radio echo was "get a good multiband scanner ans some duck tape." Proceed then by taping the two radios together <g>. I've been using an old ICom 404 for the local uhf machine lately and its got good intermod rejection. Need to add a toneboard to it, but still no memories. sTill it's a robust and fairly heavy ht. I've still got a 2at around here somewhere as well as a zero two. My Kenwood 71a doesn't do too bad for unwanted signal rejection, but then it isn't as broadbanded as the neweer rig in this topic. Btw seee if any of the local machines you frequent transmit a ctcss tone. yOu can set receive for this and quiet things down a bunch <g>. 73 de nf5b Richard Webb Electric Spider Productions "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the Historical review of Pennsylvania Braille: support true literacy for the blind!