And if you want tto get rid of the hdx 202, you can give it to me, Fred Olver N9BSO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Son" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:06 PM Subject: easy ht to use > Hello Listers. > My old radioshack ht202 battery pack went south and will not charge any > more > so in the garbage the battery went. > The radio is so old I hate to get another pack for it and then have the > radio stop working 4 months later. > What is a good easy 2 meater or dool bander radio that is user friendly. > I thought about the kenwood tryband ht but it's to much money to pay for > an > ht. > Thank you. > Tracy Son. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 20:31 > Subject: Re: ic7000 > > >> I'm coming to think I'm very lucky. I'm in a residential area and no >> one's >> ever home and I have berry little noise around here. It is more now than >> it >> used to be but it's really pretty quiet around here. Not like on >> vacation, >> but nothing will ever be like that again for me I'm sure. It was a hole >> street of summer places with a few year round places way down, my radio >> was >> so quiet there you'd think the RF gain was way down or something I mean, >> the >> lightest hiss was about it but when there was a station in there, I could >> really pull them out easy. Not like that here, but from talking to >> people, >> I >> am real lucky and I think most of that is the fact no one's ever around >> out >> here. I suppose I'd better enjoy it while it lasts. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:47 PM >> Subject: Re: ic7000 >> >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm getting so many local noise sources around here that it doesn't >>> really >>> matter what I put on HF--I can't hear anything anyway. It seems like I >>> am >>> getting a lot of digital crud from home consumer devices in neighbor's >>> houses. I sat up last night with the Sony ICF2010 and the HF listening >>> was >>> pretty bad. >>> >>> Unfortunately, the group I used to go out with for Field Day has folded >>> up, >>> so I don't really have much of a reason to maintain a "go" pack. II'm >>> hashing over whether or not I want to keep the Icom 706 Mk IIg station >>> or >>> whether it is time to cash it in. >>> >>> 73, de Lou K2LKK >>>