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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
>>
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