[AMRadio] 32V-2 or 32V-3

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Hey Todd, I  have a 32V2. i did not know  the V3 did not  have the  side 
carrying  holes/slots?  i  recently  moved the V2,  i  cannot imagine 
moving the [120LB.] rig  without  the  carrying  slots!  Russ.

--- On Thu, 12/1/11, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 32V-2 or 32V-3
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 11:03 PM
> That's the other difference I was
> trying to remember. They do make it
> a lot easier to slide the V-3 in and out of the cabinet,
> something
> I've had to do numerous times with mine over the last
> several years
> with my -2. The trade off is - they did away with the side
> cabinet
> handle cut outs as part of the TVI measures, which make
> carrying the
> earlier models a bit easier (if hauling a 100+ pound
> transmitter on a
> given day can be called 'easy').
> 
> Those front handles are the same ones used on the KW-1 (for
> removing
> panels, *not* carrying it) and the ART-13. They must've had
> a bunch
> left over from WWII.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> 
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Warren Elly <w1gud4 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Actually there is more difference than that...
> >>
> >> one key difference is handles on the front
> panel... ask someone with a 32v2 how they like hefting it
> around without them...
> >
> > You got that right.  I am so glad the HT-20 has
> handles on the front
> > panel.  It would be a bear without them.  It is bad
> enough with them.
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