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73 de Jim - AD6CW
K4IA@aol.com wrote:
>The root problem is there is no Novice class license being given anymore.
>The entry level tech is buying a walkie talkie. He gets bored with it after
>the novelty wears off but the barrier to General and "real CW" is too big a
>jump. He either puts the WT on eBay or hangs around waiting for the day when
>CW
>is dropped. Little does he know he will probably get just as bored with SSB.
>
>Used to be we had a ton of entry-level novices pounding brass in the novice
>bands and that is how we learned CW and the magic of HF. With 75 watts input
>and a crystal, you couldn't get in much trouble but you sure did learn how
>to have fun. I was hooked 41 years ago and even though family and business
>QRTed me for 30 years, I am still hooked today.
>
>To keep this "on-topic," let me add TT has made some great CW rigs. Many
>used ones are well within a beginner's budget. The ARGO V would make a great
>Novice rig and a good choice if it weren't priced so close to the Yaesu
>FT-857
>(now offered for $689 at HRO). What would be your favorite recommendation
>for a newbie?
>
>Seems to me TT is trapped. It can not produce rigs cheaply enough to
>compete with the big guys on the low end. It has tried, with the Orion, to
>produce
>something significantly better. So far, it has succeeded but is TT too
>small to keep up? How can they support the Orion and at the same time be
>working
>on the Orion II? Will the latest VaporRadio from Yaesu - the mysterious,
>long-promised and still-unseen Ft-9000 unseat the Orion?
>
>This is a tough business - I am glad I am on the consumer side and not a
>manufacturer.
>
>Radio k4ia - ex WN4TUF a real 5 WPM Novice and damn proud of it since you
>ask!
>"Buck"
>Fredericksburg, VA USA
>
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