Hey Gang, I've befriended a new ham who knows CW, and is working to get on HF. He's sadly only on VHF. He's looking for his first rig and I think he and his XYL are just making ends meet. I told
There are a lot of cw qrp rigs that are in the $100-200 range and that's not a bad place to be. If he's really interested in learning cw. Anything that Dave Benson has at small wonder labs (several l
No disrespect intended but for a first rig I'm not certain a QRP rig is the way to go. I have operated many different qrp stations including some of the fine gear from Small Wonder and Oak Hill but I
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33:22 -0500
The TS-120 and TS130 were solid rigs, but didn't have the strong signal handling receiver of the later Tentecs. The 820/830 is a bit more complex and I've seen it confuse new hams. It also needs to b
Lately old Kenwoods have been fetching "good money" in the used market. They are all fine high performance old timers and fun to use. I have a 830s and that radio is sure worth $350 to me! But I have
I have a TS140S in good shape that I have 225.00 in if they would be interested, and they could pay me out. Danny N5NBK Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry --Original Message-- From: Art Trample
I wanted to suggest the TS-120 or TS-130 too. I have recently seen them for $200 and $300. I have never been a Kenwood fan, but when you are looking for bangs for the buck in this price class, they a
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:49:09 -0500
Its detectable but not disastrous. Some strong signals have a bit of splatter that's not heard with a Corsair II on the same antenna. Another feature of the 120 and 130 is that the PA protection from
For the newer ham, the older rigs mentioned should work fine with the typical new ham antenna. A home made half wave dipole, or paralleled dipoles would be the way to go for minimum investment. If yo
Hamfests might be a good think to check. I once sold a fully functional TS-520S for $80 at a hamfest. I had to get rid of the radio because of a move, so the first buyer who had cash got the rig. It
Swap meets at ham fests can bring you a good bargain. The older Ten Tec radios turn up there, and most Ten Tecs seem to be well taken care of. Another solution might be tube era Heathkits. The HW 101
I would disagree. If you look around there are a great deal of 'older radios' available. I picked up an HW-101 for the asking and only needed some minor fixes. I've seen Corsair IIs for sale at great
Author: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:36:02 -0700
When I was a teenager starting out, someone GAVE me a 40M Command Set and a power supply for it. I had already saved to buy a used S38D. That got me on the air. I saved from summer work to by a secon
This guy is very well thought of on the Fox-Tango Yahoo list, and has more old radios than most of us combined. :-) http://www.landaircom.com/ He may have something at the right price. All of his his
YES... YOU WERE VERY GENEROUS with her money..... ;-) Some say politicians are similarly generous with a portion of my pay check every week... ;-) (Just poking fun... nothing serious here...;-) == JH
HOLY COW... he sure has a LOT of equipment ! If the guy with the most toys wins, then I concede the whole game and match right now ! == JHR == == _______________________________________________ TenTe
Author: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:18:08 -0700
Naw, she and I together simply did what Dave, N6RZ, would have done. Jim _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
Don't discount the Scout as a viable, very easy to use transceiver for a first HF rig. You can often find one knocking about with the more common band modules (40, 20, 10), which would in turn give s
Danny, Thank you. I have recommended this to Dave. He mentioned he's pulling 11 hour days right now (not a bad thing in this economy if you're paid by the hour) so I'm playing a bit of tag with him.
The real ham spirit is in remembering all of this and giving back - paying it forward. If someone helped you - or you jsut wish they had - why not give ack to a new ham? Most of us have extra tuners/