tnx4update, GOD's best to you and your sweetheart, dd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Re Re Budget Minded
> Hi Danny;
>
> I did sell my 746 PRO.
>
> I like the 7000 a lot.
>
> I can say that some day I would like to use it mobile also.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
> [log in to unmask]
> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] Re Re Budget Minded
>
>
> > Hi Anthony, thanks for the note. Sounds like your 7000 is really
> > something.
> > Have you sold your 746 yet? Re the 817, you can indeed control it with
> > HRD,
> > but if you're gonna use it in the field, for which that radio's really
> > designed, unless you've got a talking computer in your back pocket,
you're
> > in La La land with no vesa or pasportk, too quickly to suit me. THanks
> > for
> > the note, and your observations about the 7000 are very interesting to
me,
> > dd.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: Re Re Budget Minded
> >
> >
> >> Hi Danny;
> >>
> >> I understand you can control the 817 with HAM RADIO DELUXE.
> >>
> >> It might be worth a try.
> >>
> >> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----=20
> >> From: Danny Dyer=20
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:28 AM
> >> Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Re Re Budget Minded
> >>
> >>
> >> Subject, Re Budget Minded,
> >> Hi Ron And Matt, Ron, I'm Very Interested in your thoughts on the
817.
> >> Couple of
> >> questions, Do you have and use one? Do You Have Any Sight at all?
If
> >> =
> >> Not,
> >> how do you find the radio in actual practice? 817's A Great feature
=
> >> and
> >> value packed radio, but Not Very Blind
> >> Friendly, even with the John Hansen W2FS Millenium QSYER, which is a
=
> >> must
> >> for either a sight challenged or a "blind as a bat person like me." =
> >> I've
> >> had, operated, and loved/hated, 2 817s and 2 817NDs, and prefer the =
> >> Icom
> >> IC703+ for portable HF work. The little bottom row buttons on the
817
> >> =
> >> are
> >> too easy to inadvertently punch and then not know how to get back to
a
> >> =
> >> known
> >> state with out sighted assistance, without doing a hard reset....been
=
> >> there
> >> done that, and got overly
> >> tired of doing it. Please get back to me as I'm interested to hear =
> >> your
> >> observations! And Matt, Anything I can do to help you come up with =
> >> the best
> >> rig for your situation, I'm more than willing to do. Thanks, Danny.
> >> ----- Original Message -----=20
> >> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:27 PM
> >> Subject: Re: budget minded
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi Matt,
> >> >
> >> > Well, if you do not mind QRP rigs, the Yaesu 817 is a little more =
> >> than 500
> >> > dollars. I think I saw it for 549 dollars on one of the Internet
> >> > sites--this is brand new. It only has 5 watts, but you can get =
> >> external
> >> > amplifiers for the future--when you save up enough.
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> >> > From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:52 PM
> >> > Subject: budget minded
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > this is probably a long shot but, is there such a thing as an hf =
> >> radio =3D
> >> > for under say, $500? the ones i have seen on hamradio.com are
mostly
> >> =
> >> =3D
> >> > over 5k. ok maybe i should add "that are actually good radios" for
=
> >> =3D
> >> > under 500 say, maybe the price of a 2m mobile or something or
should
> >> =
> >> i =3D
> >> > just keep dreaming, i want to get on hf again but i don't see that
=
> >> =3D
> >> > happening with the prices i've seen
> >
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