Author: sprinkies@excel.net (Todd and Sandy Sprinkmann)
Date: Wed Aug 13 12:11:17 2003
Thanks to those who replied with info about the IC471A. I'm going to let that rig pass me by. I am curious about any opinions or experience any of you have with the Kenwood TS-790A and the Icom IC-82
In my limited experience, the Yaesu FT736R is really deaf. The Yaesu FT726R, despite being an older radio, has a much better receiver. It is, however, older, more likely to need attention, it lacks c
I have been using the FT736R for 144, 222 and 432 work for a few years now. While a common complaint is that they are deaf, I must say that a large part of this is just that the front end gain is pr
I've owned a TS-790A since it came out. On 2m it runs with a 13 el Cushcraft at 90ft and on 70 cm it with a 13 el K1FO at 90 ft, fed with 7/8 inch hardline. Both bands perform about the same. I can g
Tower mounting preamps can get you into trouble. At low freqs, (below 432 usually) they can be avoided. Comparing a modern version DEM transverter and good modern HF radio with a Yaesu 736 is like in
David Olean <k1whs@worldpath.net> wrote on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 at 14:40:04 +0100 in <00d901c36269$92dcfc30$37c07f3f@DGL28221>: Our experience at W1XM, high up in RF noisy Boston (albiet with a 736R), is
Folks, I'm actually with Dave on this one. In my station, all preamps 2-432 are located in the shack, with feeder losses < 1dB on each. Until I'm ready for EME, where I WILL be putting it on the towe
It's worth pointing out that N6TR is in a local environment where he is probably far less likely to find really strong nearby signals crunching his receiver than someone operating on a hilltop in W1.
I have to agree with Dave. In my experience IF you have a good low loss feedline and IF you have a good receiver (transverter/HF rig combo) and IF you are not trying to do something like EME with a r