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Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:15:42 -0600
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yep, stuff like the scope and the freq counter and other accessories.
I wouldn't mind having the amplifier though, it was a pretty decent one.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1


> 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.
> >> >>
> >> >>
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