[GreenKeys] ST-8000A and ST-6000 (was "More where these came from")

[Dino Papas]

Steve -- You can get a manual from Hal for $50.  Interestingly Mark  
Prather at Hal told me that there have been no updates to the manual  
since 1991....there is no service manual available as there is with  
the ST-8000 (still my choice over the ST-8000A; I have both).  Latest  
firmware is V1.9 (or 2.0 if you have one that has the diversity  
option installed); latest firmware chip also available from Hal for  
$50 as well.

As I've mentioned here several times before if you don't get a NOS  
unit you'll probably be missing the manual and the circular  
connectors for the rear panel connections.  Some have modified their  
back panels for other connectors, but if you want it to be plug and  
play getting a NOS unit is the way to go.  Most of the auction site  
units I've seen lately are from DRMO sites (doesn't make 'em bad  
necessarily) but it's a crapshoot for what you get with them.  By the  
time you shell out enough for the manual, connectors and cables the  
more expensive NOS units look more and more attractive.  YMMV.

Dino KL0S

On 3Jun2009, at 9:12 PM, hsvham wrote:

>
> Thanks,
> my ST-6000 has no tuning scope and it does a good job on the noisy  
> bands.  I'll never toss it out the door (it was a gift to me to get  
> me going in RTTY), but I want to give the newer ST-8000A a try, I  
> hope it does as good (hopefully better?) on HF.
>
> BTW, I did not see a user's manual shown on ePay as accompanying  
> that 8000A - can someone direct me to a source for one?
>
> 73,
> Steve K4KM