Subj : Re: great 1st contact on new rig
To   : Corey Reichle
From : Kent Timm
Date : Thu Aug 11 2016 05:25 pm

 > Congrats on the first QSO!  The 950 is a really nice rig, although,
 > I really, really, really am waiting on the 897D's "real"
 > replacement.  I'm more a "shack in a box" kinda guy.

I'm hoping the FT950 will last me the rest of my life or til i win the lottery 
and go nuts.

I've read people have had a problem with the FT950's dieing if the switch them 
off at the power supply instead of turning the radio off by it's own switch 
first, so that's made me a tad nervous, so I'm thinking about getting
a   WEST MOUNTAIN PG40S PWRGATE and protect it that way in case of power 
failures, which thankfully don't happen too often here.  Right now I have my 
power supply (Drake PS7) plugged in to the UPS with my computer, but I know if 
I'm transmitting it would be way to much load for the UPS.

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