true, the 100W version is better if you are buying brand new, but 800 bucks
for a 480HX, if it has a power supply with it, is a pretty darn good deal.
800 bucks for the 480S alone is a damn good deal.
Like i said, good deal if the HX has a power supply, but if you have to buy
a 40 plus amp power supply you might as well spend the extra hundred bucks
or so and buy the 480S brand new for around 12 bills.
probably cheaper than that now.
73
Colin VA6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: SWR meters or talking wat meters:
> Is the hx the 200 watt version? I'd suggest looking for the 100 watt
> radio. No tuner required on that one and only a 20 amp supply. You
> really won't notice the difference, 3 db is half an s unit. BTW, where
> are you llocated, would like to try you on 80 or 160.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2012,
> Mike Barnard wrote:
>
>> Someone I am sure will tell me on this list. I just put out the
>> question so that if anyone knew of an swr meter or talking wat meter
>> they would let me know.
>> A couple of weekss ago I passed my general test. My friend who kept
>> after me to get my license has been looking for radios for me He has
>> found a kenwood ts480 hx for $800.00, and a ldg automatic tuner I
>> think he said that it was the model 2600. He is a broadcast enginer,
>> and he is going to put in the vgs 1 chip. He is helping me with a
>> 160 and 80 meter die pole antenna fed together so the 160 die pole
>> would be east west, and the 80 meter would be north south. According
>> to his program he has on the computer it should do quite well.
>> I have an acre of land 100 feet wide and about 400 feet long about
>> 1,700 feet above sealevel.
>> I am quite excited to get on the HF. bands.
>> When I got my license, they had a contest in Ny. where you had to
>> see how many counties you could talk to and after a while I tryed and
>> talked to 4 different ones. They were at the local club's repeater
>> sight.
>> Everyone has given me good advice on this list, and I hope that
>> sometime I can talk to some of you on the air.
>> Thanks for reading
>> 73.
>> KD2CDU
>>
>>
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