[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

16 Jul 2009

      I've had a TS2000 since 2005, and have never regretted my purchase. Sure, 
there is an unfortunate birdie that messes up SO50 and AO27, but so what. I 
resurrected an old Kenwood TM-G707A to deal with those two FM birds, and it 
works great. I also have an FT-857D which also does a nice job on those two 
birds. I would naturally expect the comments on this board to lean towards 
the IC-910H, and, indeed, it is a fine SATELLITE rig. But, my number one 
preference in operating is the HF bands, not satellite. Guess what I am 
saying is if VHF/UHF and satellite is your only operating preference, then 
the Icom might be a better rig. But, if you also like to do the HF bands 
with an occasional hop to the satellites, the TS2000 is pretty good. Is the 
TS2000 the best HF rig? Probably not, but it's the only one that offers 
pretty good HF operation AND reasonable satellite operation in the same box.
Jim Bob Buckeye
            AKA
  **** Jim Leder****
    K8CXM since 1961
 IBM retiree since 1999
There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary
and those who don't.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Barber" david.barber@dbelectronics.co.uk
To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
Cc: kg4zlb@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:02 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...
...
SSB for me too, F0-29 & V0-52.
Can't raise any consistent enthusiasm for FM birds with the exception of 
our
friends up in the ISS.
I can have the same abuse much more easily on the local FM repeater. :-)
So the TS2000 has a birdie, OK, but for those that don't want all their 
eggs
in one basket it is very good and it doesn't need another mortgage spent 
on
a Hi-Stab LO to stop it roaming around on its own.  Well at 1296MHz 
anyway!
Retires to bomb shelter!
David
G8OQW
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Sent: 16 July 2009 18:51
To: kg4zlb@gmail.com
Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...
I cut my teeth on Oscar 6 and 7, 2M UP, 10M DOWN, SSB.
David - KG4ZLB wrote:
easy sats, the FM voice, 2m up 70cm down or 70cm up 2m down,
...
that everyone cuts their teeth on!

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