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I owned one for a while. Pretty slick to be able to go where you
wanted!! Then PL became an issue and I don't believe I was able to
get that rig enabled.
Pat, K9JAUAt 08:09 AM 8/5/2011, you wrote:
>How many of you remember the Tempo S1 ht?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Butch Bussen
>Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:57 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: back on the list again
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>Remember the glb synthesizer boxes. You added these boxes to your
>crystal rigs and made them a synthesized radio. pagic!!!
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
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>On Thu, 4 Aug
>2011, Dave Marthouse wrote:
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> > Back in 1978 when I was first licensed my first rig was a used Drake TR22.
> > It had 6 crystal positions, a bullet shaped mic with a coil cord, leather
> > caring case and ran on 10 aa nicad batteries. I sold the radio a few
> > years
> > later. I had since upgraded my 2 meter station to a WE800 from Wilson.
> > That was one of the first if not the first portable synthesized rigs for 2
> > meters. I remember when talking to people on the local repeaters when
> > you
> > wanted to go to another frequency the question was whether you were
> > crystal
> > or synthesized. I would guess that synthesized rigs on 2 meters had maybe
> > less than 50% penetration into the market at that point. Those were fun
> > days.
> >
> >
> > Dave Marthouse N2AAM
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
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