[Amps] Sunset of old technologies

[Lee]

I think there is also something else factoring into all this. That is, 
the state of the hobby.  I got licensed in 1953 and the culture of ham 
radio has changed a lot since then.  New ham interests are light years 
away from mine.  I am now retired and have some luxury to buy things I 
could not consider as a young man.  However,  I now choose to save or 
spend my disposable income on other things then to buy a $7000 
amplifier.  Modern day ham radio interests me very little.  I spend 
almost all my ham radio time and money on restoring old ham gear or 
building QRP radios. This actually consists of a lot of bucks, but to 
spend it on new gear has very little appeal to me.  Same with QST.  I am 
a life member of the ARRL and when QST comes to my door, it goes in the 
trash after looking it over for 5 minutes.

Lee, w0vt


On 4/21/2017 7:45 PM, Carl wrote:
> They will have to pry my oldie TS-950SD out of my cold hands!
>
> It was far ahead of its time and I see no reason to get something new.
>
> I also use a TS-940 for the second station and TS-830's drive 
> transverters for VHF/UHF.
> A TS-930 was my first transceiver and replaced Drake C Lines
>
> A TS-130 is used as the bedroom radio plus mobile and when on vacation 
> and a SB-230 amp for when on 120VAC.
>
> You could say Im sort of partial to Kenwood.
>
> A Central Electronics 100V and Collins 75A4 that Ive had both since 
> 1965 get their use along with a NCL-2000 prototype Ive had since 64.
>
> Carl
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <donroden at hiwaay.net>
> To: "Catherine James" <catherine.james at att.net>
> Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Sunset of old technologies
>
>
>> Quoting Catherine James <catherine.james at att.net>:
>>> I lean toward Kenwood, and I'm eager to see some kind of  
>>> next-generation TS-2000 / TS-590SG based on the new SDR tech.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Cathy
>>> N5WVR
>>
>> I like my TS-2000 "almost" as much as my Collins S-Line.
>> :-)
>> Don W4DNR
>>
>>
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