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    "sender_name": "Ken M",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Hard times for satellite radio buyers?",
    "date": "2017-03-21T19:18:05Z",
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    "content": "Hello all,\n\nThanks for all the helpful comments on my earlier post!\n\nSeveral folks mentioned the IC-9100 which looks like an excellent radio. I left it off my list only because of the higher price-point which makes it less approachable for some. Likewise with Flex. I wonder if ICOM will offer some deals on the IC-9100 soon, when the IC-7610 comes out? It seems they will compete at the same price point.\n\nThe points on SDR as the future are well-taken, but sometimes it's nice to simply turn on a device and just have work, without fussing about with computers and software (and I'm an IT guy, which is perhaps all the more reason I think that way). I look forward to acquiring that elusive VHF/UHF all-mode radio (even if it is an \"ancient\" one). ;-)\n\nThanks again & 73\nKen - VA7KBM\n\nOn 2017-03-18 10:53 PM, Ken M wrote:\n\nHello all,\n\nIs it not hard times for new and prospective satellite operators (like\nme) in terms of equipment choices, at least in terms of the \"big three\"?\n(And, to be clear, I'm talking about current, in-production models only.)\n\nI'm looking for an HF base/mobile radio, and also a VHF/UHF-only\nall-mode base/mobile radio that I can use for the linear satellites but\n- wait - there are no VHF/UHF-only all mode radios! That means I need to\nbuy a \"shack in a box\" but - wait - there are only two choices (at what\nI will call moderate prices), the ancient TS-2000 and equally ancient\nFT-857D. There is the new and somewhat more expensive FT-991A and,\nalthough that sounds like a very good radio, for HF at that price point\nI might prefer the IC-7300 but that would mean no satellite work.\n\nI'm also looking for a portable HF QRP radio, and a portable radio I can\nuse for the linear satellites. Again the venerable but ancient FT-817ND\nis pretty much the only game in town. As with the HF base radios above,\nif I am only interested in HF QRP I would probably rather put my money\ntoward a KX2 or KX3 of newer design but, again, that would mean no\nsatellite work.\n\nSo as a new operator, to get into linear satellites it seems I am forced\nto either (1) troll the swap meets for ancient gear; (2) buy new gear of\nold design (which in my mind is even worse); or (3) buy new gear of\nmodern design that works for satellite and HF, but is not necessarily\nthe radio I would choose for HF alone.\n\nI should add that the situation is not much better for HT/mobile radios\nfor the FM satellites, but at least there are some cost effective\nworkarounds including the less expensive Baofeng/Wouxun/Tytera radios\nand their clones.\n\nThanks for indulging my shopping frustrations, and my inexperience, but\nI have to think there are others new to the hobby that are having\nsimilar thoughts. Do Amsat members see this as a problem?\n\nProbably off to spend some new money on an old radio...\n\n73 - Ken - VA7KBM\n\n_______________________________________________\nSent via [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\nto all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\nare solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\nNot an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\nSubscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n",
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