Ah, well. I only have the guide dog to clear it with, and Eunie doesn't
say very much.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 07:19 AM 10/5/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>You may be on the track here. I do recall the mast mounted GAsFet now
>and that really is a good way to go if possible. If I had a decent
>tower I might get back into that weak signal stuff. I spent a lot of
>time at other hams homes doing that stuff and really enjoyed my attempts
>at moon bounce though never did make any contacts, other than my own
>echoes which were s8 or so. =20
>
>That ham W7UBI (I think silent key or lapsed to say the least) developed
>some home brew log periodic with about 19 DBI which were real workhorses
>for the FM work I was doing at the time. They however succumbed to a
>microburst which is rare for my area and I also lost the tower as well.
>Needless to say the wife has been adamant about no towers unless done to
>milspec which put a real crimp in things. =20
>
>
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>BRETT WINCHESTER
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:06 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
>
>Hi Brett.
>
>I can fill in some of the blanks here. The Icom IC271 and 471 series
>radios used the EX310 voice synthesizer which is extremely difficult to
>find. I ended up dumping my Icom radios because they were just
>impossible to find and it turned out that buying a used Kenwood TS790A
>and a VS2 voice synthesizer was the path of least resistance. Other
>than the fact that there isn't accessible documentation anywhere for the
>'790, it is a pretty good radio--actually a bit more sensitive than the
>Icom 271H. I never did a comparison on the UHF side before I sent the
>Icoms down the road.
>
>The Icom 271 had an optional AG20 GaAsFet preamp, and I think there was
>another one available. One could be installed in the radio, the other
>was a mast mount preamp. Unfortunately, I had neither, but the Icom
>271H was at least as sensitive as the Kenwood TS711A (I had one of those
>too) and a bit more sensitive than my old Icom IC290A.
>
>Mutek Ltd made a replacement receiver front end board for the IC271
>series radios which really brought the performance of the receiver in
>that radio up to a world class radio. Perhaps the one that you heard
>had one of those Mutek frontends as they were quite popular with weak
>signal VHF enthusiasts.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 04:21 PM 10/4/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> >You are right but I too forget the model number. Wish I had a pair or=20
> >better yet the Icom of that era. The receivers were reputedly (by=20
> >those in my area working weak signal satellite or moonbounce)better on=20
> >the Icom but I forget if the 271 471 had speech. I do think that they=20
> >had a GasFet preamp option which explains the receiver difference. =
>=3D20
> >
> >
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> >BRETT WINCHESTER
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> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: For blind ham radio operators
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:39 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >I think there was a 6 meter version of that too but good luck finding=20
> >one.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:18 PM
> >Subject: Re: Antenna switches.
> >
> >
> > > The 711 is a two meter all mode rig. Make sure the radio has the
> >speech
> > > board and the pl board. I had one and its companion the 811 for
>432.
> >The
> > > radios worked very well and were real workhorses.
> > >
> > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > > From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:12 PM
> >
> >
> >
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>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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