Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:23:35 -0400
From: "Cameron C.R. Bailey" <cbailey@...>
Subject: Re: A new industry trend?
Roger on the receiver!!
That is where the rubber meets the road. (Sorry, tires are in the news
too
much lately.)
I wish that docking would take place with rigs. I would have thought
that
by now, there would be a 2m HT radio that slid into either a front panel
or
microphone which then is really two radios, portable and mobile.
Put a decent receiver in the module and then a small exciter/modulator
that
would either excite a 5 W HT brick or a 50 W mobile amp.
kt3a
After having the Yaesu FT-290MKII/690/790 series of radios I was somewhat suprised that the design of the FT-817 was not similar. The docking mobile amp and snap on low pwr bat pack is really a cool setup and works very well as a mobile/shoulder pack QRP set up. Of course it is similar to the MK1 series with the internal battery pack and all. Makes me wonder if there will later be some snap on pack of C cells or larger and 50-100 mobile docking amp of some sort. That would be VERY COOL in my book. Think I'll sign up and get one of the first ones anyway though!!
Paul Gerhardt
K3PG
Centreville MD
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