yeh, there's a local ham that has that same set up here....and he is
currently working on a second full station.
Hard to find the equipment in mint condition though since its fairly old.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
> I knew some one who had that full station. Everything was mint, this was
> about 10 years ago now. Very nice. If I had the room, I'd have a complete
> station like that. Maybe not that one, but something similar. He had like
a
> 9 foot wide by 6 deep and he had that station spread out over shelves and
> shelves in there. It really was very impressive to look at and use. I
think
> he had literally every single piece.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
>
>
> > so you'd be a good candidate for the ft101EE full station?
> > The one that when all lined up takes up around 8 feet of desk space
> > including a few stacked components?
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
> >
> >
> >> I like to have the biggest radio I can squeeze in over here, I just
like
> > big
> >> radios, always have even in my CB days, I went for the biggest good
> >> radios
> > I
> >> could find and fit. I agree, I actually heard some one A/B a IC 746 pro
> > and
> >> 7000 and they sounded identical. I think the 756pro series all sound a
> >> little different but not bad. I do think the TS-2000 sounds better but
> >> the
> >> icoms are getting close.I've used an icom 756 the original and I
thought
> >> the receive audio sounded real muddy but I don't know what filtering wa
s
> >> turned on or anything, I didn't care for that audio but it was at an
> >> event
> >> for 1 of the clubs, it wasn't my radio and I made enough changes to the
> >> guy's radio with out changing that on him. We weren't making any
contacts
> >> that day so I made a few changes on that radio and straightened out
that
> >> situation real fast. I never got the receive audio like I wanted
though.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:43 AM
> >> Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
> >>
> >>
> >> > well the 746 and the 7000 sound nearly identical on air. I am
guessing
> >> > that
> >> > they have very very similar audio circuits in them, if not identical.
> >> > They have that particular boomy audio which has the ability to cut
> > through
> >> > pile ups....I believe its a low mid boost that is built into the
audio
> >> > circuit that does it.
> >> > It doesn't seem to matter what sort of microphone is being used, it
> > still
> >> > has that distinct 746/756/7000 audio to it.
> >> > That said, the ts2000 with a heil on it sounds like a studio quality
> >> > set
> >> > up
> >> > by comparison. Yes, the icoms have a good boomy audio that cuts
> > through,
> >> > but if you use the narrow setting on the heil with the ts2000, you
can
> > cut
> >> > through just as well, and on wide, it sounds like a million bucks
> > compared
> >> > to the icoms on air.
> >> > just my opinion.
> >> > I haven't played very much with the 756 or 46, just briefly with a
756
> > of
> >> > one series or other and I really didn't like the receive quality,
> > however,
> >> > that could have been a filter or band pass setting that I couldn't
> > adjust
> >> > from the front of the rig. And they're huge radios as well.
> >>
> >>
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