Subj : Re: 2 meter license
To   : Crocket
From : KC8SZU
Date : Sat Apr 24 2004 11:30 am

  Re: Re: 2 meter license
  By: Crocket to KC8SZU on Thu Apr 22 2004 06:09 pm

 > alright, now I feel the need to weigh in myself on the rig manufacturer
 > discussion... because no one has mentioned the manufacturer of my favorite
 > hand-held...  The Alinco DJ-580 !  It's an old dual-band model that still wo
 > great, and I'll keep it around because most of todays models feel like toys
 > rather than radios to me...
 > 
 > I also own two different mobile Rigs: a Yaesu FT-1500m, and an Icom V8000. I
 > disagree with the statement about the mics - I prefer the Icom mike on my V8
 > to just about any other mobile mic I've seen - lots of functionality. There 
 > a learning curve, but these days the only thing I have to actually touch the
 > rig for is the power button itself.

You disagree with my statement on the mic because you have a newer style Icom
mic.  You are a new ham, so you don't remember the mics a year and a half ago,
like the ones that cam with the 207H and the 2100H.  As for Alinco, I had 2
Alinco handhelds, The first one stopped transmitting after about 4 months of
minimal usage.  That one was a DJ-V5T.  The other one WAS a DJ-596T, which had
a very bad problem with the battery making contact and would shut itself off
constantly.  Alincos are built like toys...  they don't even compare to my
Vertex equipment..

Jason - Kilo Charlie Eight Sierra Zulu Uniform

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