On 17 Aug 2020, Andre said the following...

Welcome to our bottomless pit of a hobby. Your time and money
are gone forever. :)

That's what I'm afraid of... this free (to me) handheld seems like
it's going to be a gateway drug.

Once you start down the rabbit whole, you wont come back.. %-)

My most expensive rig is a Kenwood TM-D700 ($1200 at the time). It's now
in a box with my other rigs due to living changes. #-(




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On 08-19-20 11:30, vorlon wrote to Warpslide <=-

That's what I'm afraid of... this free (to me) handheld seems
like it's going to be a gateway drug.

Once you start down the rabbit whole, you wont come back.. %-)

Hahaha. it's like that. :)

But the fun part of the hobie is building stuff your self.

My most expensive rig is a Kenwood TM-D700 ($1200 at the
time). It's now in a box with my other rigs due to living
changes. #-(

I bought a couple of IC-7000s 10 years ago, and with a house move
next year, and some money left over, I think it's likely there will
be an upgrade cycle coming up. ;) Yeah I hit the "toy shop" with a
$5k order in total back then. Needless to say he was happy
receiving that order. ;)

They are a nice radio, but if a fault develops your out of luck for a
rig. I've got muliple 2m/70cm rigs, but only a single HF right as I
wasn't into the HF side of things.



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On 09-01-20 15:02, vorlon wrote to Vk3jed <=-

But the fun part of the hobie is building stuff your self.

Whether that be hardware or software. :)

I've always enjoyed the making it part of any adventure.

They are a nice radio, but if a fault develops your out of
luck for a rig. I've got muliple 2m/70cm rigs, but only a
single HF right as I wasn't into the HF side of things.

Yeah, I have a FT-736R as well. I was given the basic radio by a
friend who bought another one. I've optioned up the FT-736R with
6m and 23cm, as well as CTCSS. It's become my main VHF/UHF radio.

Turning it into a remote base with a heap of open source software
was fun too. :)

You've got more radio's than a blind man waving his stick around in a
china tea cup shop!




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