[50mhz] Ranger 6m radio and power spikes?

[Howard Bingham]

I've had a Ranger 5054dx100 in my pickup, had no problems, but due to space constraints under the dash of my pickup, bought a Yaesu FT857D to be able to work 10 meters too & eventually the rest of the HF bands.

The Ranger had better receive than the Yaesu, space & desire to be able to work more than one frequency lead to the change, as the Ranger took up too much under dash real estate, as my 5 speed gear shift was only inches from becoming a knuckle buster when shifting into 3rd gear. (Guess I could have kept it, but reaching for under the glove-box to change settings (Other than frequency), would have been a distraction. (Had no problem selling it, had several bidders for the radio & sold for about $ 350. about this time last year.)

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ

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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Lance Collister, W7GJ" <w7gj at q.com>
>Sent: Jun 13, 2010 10:02 AM
>To: Michael Lemay <radioti5xp at yahoo.com>
>Cc: 50mhz <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [50mhz] Ranger 6m radio and  power spikes?
>
>Hello Michael,
>
>I am sorry, but I don't know anything about the Ranger.  I think if you could find an 
>old Yaesu rig somewhere, or perhaps if you could find a transverter to use on your HF 
>radio, that would be best.  There are probably some reviews of the Ranger on the 
>internet somewhere, or you could ask around on the 6m chat pages to see if anybody 
>knows anything about them.
>
>On 6/13/2010 12:42 PM, Michael Lemay wrote:
>> Thanks again Lance my kids are coming down in Dec. and will bring me a
>> new Ranger 6 meter radio 100 w,for my car, do you know anything about
>> this radio also if it has the same problem as the Icoms with high power
>> spikes ? My kids now live in Kaispell. 73'
>>
>> Lance tnx alot for all the info, hope to hear u on 6 agn. 73 Michael
>
>
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