ah, yes, it was the ft690...i new it had to be a 690 but obviously it wasn't
the ts690 since it was a 6 meter portable.
I found it pretty interesting how many all mode 2 meter rigs were at this
fle market i went to...there had to be no less then 10 of them from all 3
manufacturers...
And at a flee market with only about 20 tables.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Antenna switches.


> Hi.
>
> Are you sure that wasn't an Icom IC502?  It sound like one.  Actually Icom
> made a couple of portables like that.  They also had the IC505, which I
> almost had.  A friend of mine in college had the IC502.
>
> Yaesu also made a halfway decent portable for 6 meters which had FM, SSB,
> and CW.  That was the FT690, which was a 3 watt portable.  They later
> followed that with the FT690 MK II, which would put out power equivalent
to
> a mobile radio when put on a 13.8 volt source, or it would run 3 watts on
> the optional battery pack.  Yaesu also made 2 meter and 70 cm versions of
> these radios.  I had the FT790 Mk II, and I can truthfully say that it was
> the only piece of Yaesu radio equipment that I ever owned that I really
> liked.  These radios are not accessible, though, but in the 1990s when I
> owned that radio, accessibility wasn't yet an issue for me.
>
> If Kenwood ever did make a 6 meter portable, I've never run across that
one
> in the 29 years that I've been licensed, and I like to horsetrade enough
> that I've owned too many different radios for me to count anymore.
>
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 04:34 PM 10/4/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> >does anyone know what the model number of the kenwood 6 meter portable
was?
> >I found one at a flee market recently and didn't even know one was
> >made....basically a medium sized radio, with 6 meters SSB, am and
possibly
> >FM and a telescoping antenna that came out of the top...didn't get a
chance
> >to see if it worked on batteries or not.
> >thought it was the ts600 but might have miss remembered the model.
> >73
> >Colin, V A6BKX
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:24 PM
> >Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >
> > > I don't know about the 71 series but the 75 series had speech. I think
the
> >6
> > > meter Kenwood we're thinking of was the TS-611. I saw the TS-600 for
sale
> > > the other day, 6 meter version of the TS700,  wow!! can that thing
bring a
> > > price!!  but it's the first one I've ever seen for sale so that's
probably
> > > why.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:21 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> > >
> > >
> > > > You are right but I too forget the model number.  Wish I had a pair
or
> > > > better yet the Icom of that era.  The receivers were reputedly  (by
> > > > those in my area working weak signal satellite or moonbounce)better
on
> > > > the Icom but I forget if the 271 471 had speech.  I do think that
they
> > > > had a GasFet preamp option which explains the receiver difference.
=20
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ###
> > > > BRETT WINCHESTER
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > 208-639-8386
> > > > ###
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: For blind ham radio operators
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:39 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> > > >
> > > > I think there was a 6 meter version of that too but good luck
finding
> > > > one.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:18 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> The 711 is a two meter all mode rig.  Make sure the radio has the
> > > > speech
> > > >> board and the pl board.  I had one and its companion the 811 for
432.
> > > > The
> > > >> radios worked very well and were real workhorses.
> > > >>
> > > >> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
> > > >> [log in to unmask]
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ----- Original Message -----=20
> > > >> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:12 PM
> > >
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> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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