W3HND recently informed me that he recently purchased a Model 526, and I
asked him for his comments. Just thought some of you might be interested...
73, ron wn3vaw
"The use of excessive violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers...
...has been approved"
----- Original Message -----
From: david imhoff <w3hnd@hotmail.com>
To: <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:58 AM
It's ok! i like it. it's about the size of their "scout", which i had as my
1st rig after coming back to ham radio after my 20 year haitus. it's a
simple machine to program, much easier than the yeasu 8100 which it
replaced. only 20 watts, as compared with the 50 or 60 of the 8100, but i
used it in our recent 2 meter simplex contest and worked everything that i
could hear, even though i didn't submit a log. the 8100 was advertised on
our reflector, but it sold quickly on eham. the kenwood replaced the scout,
but the scout was a hard sell, so it was traded in against the 526. if the
scout had gone easily, i'd probably still be using the 8100 ! so with the
8100/526 switch, i gave up 440 mhz but gained 50 mhz, but still have 440
with the IC-207, won at last year's breezeshooters hamfest, in the car.
i'm always curious about audio quality, and have heard no comments about the
526, but have heard occasional comments about the 8100, which were always
good. what do you think about the 526?
dave
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