Russ,

From what I saw and heard, Tempo made some very nice radios.  Unfortunately, 
I've never owned any of them.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 09:37
Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences


> My first 2 meter radio was a Tempo ffmp.  It had eight channels.  Then I 
> got
> a Tempo s1 and I was in heaven.  I could anywhere in the 2 meter band.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences
>
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I also had a TR22C and thought it was a great radio.  I put together a 
>> box
>> into which I home-brewed a power supply, and put a mobile mounting 
>> bracket
>> on top of the box for the TR22C.  I mounted an SO239 on the back of the
>> box,
>> as well as a piece of cable with a PL259 on it for connecting to the back
>> of
>> the radio.  I straightened out a coat hanger, soldered a PL259 to one end
>> of
>> it, slid a hollow piece of plastic over it and pushed it into the
>> connector
>> to keep it from shorting, bent the other end into a tiny loop and
>> connected
>> it to an elbow connector which I attached to the back of the box.  This
>> arrangement served as my "portable" 2-meter station which I used when I
>> wanted to operate from my living room instead of the shack.  I eventually
>> hooked a GLB frequency synthesizer up to that radio, and that was my base
>> station for quite a while.
>>
>> Sadly, I wiped out that home-brew power supply one night by doing
>> something
>> that should have qualified me for the idiot of the century award, but
>> that's
>> a story for another time.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 15:07
>> Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences
>>
>>
>>> Hi Phil,
>>> The second Radio I had was an Icom 2.A.T. Before that I had a drake 
>>> TR22c
>>> which ran by crystals.  when I got the Icom it had three wheels on the
>>> top
>>> and you could adjust the frequencies with those.  It also had a key pad
>>> so
>>> you could do Auto patch with it.  I thought I had hit the big time with
>>> that
>>> radio.  It was good and I  really enjoyed it.
>>> Bill Deatherage wb4YKL
>>>
>>
>