not if the echo link is on 6M, 1.5M, 70CM, 33CM, 23CM or anywhere up to
250GHZ.
73
Colin, V A6BKX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone know anything about this radio?


> can it be used on echo link as well? am curiouss
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:28 AM
> Subject: Anyone know anything about this radio?
>
>
> > Hi y'all,
> >
> > This should present an interesting problem to someone :)
> >
> > I just purchased (for $45 inclusive of shipping) a Santec ST-144
> > handheld...complete with manual, rubber duckie, two speaker/mics,
> > headset, drop-in charger, DC charger, DC adapter (so you can run it
> > from your car, one presumes), leather case, the NiCD battery (which
> > doesn't hold a charge--but those are cheap or can be rebuilt)...and
> > the original boxes...though why I care about the boxes is a mystery.
> > Anyway, quite the deal. I almost bought one of these (except with
> > only the radio and a wall charger, no manual) way back when I was
> > only licensed a couple years and getting my first HT...but I didn't
> > buy it after all.
> >
> > Here's what I remember about the radio:
> >
> > It's a big brick radio. Yeah, about that size and shape. The battery
> > pack is internal, i.e. inside the actual radio, so you can't easily
> > just swap it out when it dies and keep yakking. It was old enough
> > that it had a number of switches on the front, one of which set your
> > offset, but new enough that it had direct frequency entry from the
> > keypad. One thing that I thought was very cool at the time was that
> > it had three power levels, which I later found out were 250 mw, 1.5w,
> > and 3.5w. And there, my knowledge ends. I'm presuming this rig is an
> > early-to-early-mid-'80's vintage, but that's only supposition.
> >
> > What I really want to know, though, is...did it have PL tones (encode
> > if not decode) standard, or were they an optional feature? I know it
> > did have the capability. At least, I assume that that's what the
> > extra click on the squelch knob was for!
> >
> > So why'd I buy the thing? My excuse is that it's meant to go to my
> > nephew, who's expressed an interest in ham radio. Whether it will get
> > there or whether I'll actually just keep it instead--who knows?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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