It took this guy 2 years to find everything in that condition and he bought
most of it in 1 shot form the same person. Some of that setup is very hard
to find at all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> >> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date:
>> >> 3/16/2007
>> > 12:12 PM
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> --
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date:
>> 3/16/2007
> 12:12 PM
>>
>>
|
