[RTTY] External DSP devices

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Robert Chudek wrote:

> So let's see, we've got used $500 radios covered, used $900 radios  
> covered, and new $3,000 radios covered. What's the opinion on used  
> radios in the $1500 ~ $2000 area?

For that price range, you can buy a NEW K2/100 with the external  
KAT100 tuner. Of course, you'd have to build it, but that would be  
half the fun.

The downside of the K2/100 is you can only run about 25 watts on RTTY  
unless you substantially beef up the cooling of the finals with an  
external fan. Then you can run 50 watts. 100 watts on CW or SSB is no  
problem, but RTTY really punishes the finals.

In the same price range, a favorite of contesters is the FT-1000MP  
(any version). Plain MP's often go for less than $1200. It's a great  
radio - just be sure you make the AGC and key click mods.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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