[VHFcontesting] rig recommendations for portable operation

[Joe Serocki]

Mike has a most excellent point. For HF the ATAS is a great antenna. On 6+ it is nothing more than a rock that tunes, you get no usable output. 

FT-100's could have been a great radio, but personally I had two and they were fraught with issues. Between bad programming, a front end that blows itself up for fun, and fans that don’t run enough, mine were annoying. Maybe someone else has had better experience with them.

Joe Serocki


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike (KA5CVH) Urich [mailto:ka5cvh at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:21 PM
To: Joe Serocki
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] rig recommendations for portable operation

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 15:20, Joe Serocki <joeserocki at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have ICOM 706MKIIG's and love them, but the Yaesu rigs interface with
> their ATAS 120 mobile automatic screwdriver antenna really well.

Mike wrote

Consider picking up a used FT-100
http://www.ka5cvh.com/photos/v/2008+Taurus/IMG_4728.JPG.html as well.

But the ATAS is a piece of junk on 6 and nothing more than a dummy
load on 144/432



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