[Icom] Wife's question

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:32:40 -0400

That was enlightening Bill.  More of these "sharing" experiences would be=20
helpful to the new hams coming into the service.

73 <> Carl
   K8CM

At 11:25 PM 4/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>My wife and I were having coffee tonight in the radio room on one of the
>rare occasions that she goes in there and she asked, if you could only keep
>2 models of each of the radios that you have, which ones and why?
>
>Interesting question, well.
>
>Icom.  The IC 7400 and the IC 756 PRO II. Why?, because they are the best I
>have ever used, bar none.
>
>Collins.  The 75A1, 32V1 AM set up.  Why?,  because there was the first ham
>radio built by Collins after the war.
>
>Ten-Tec.  The Corsair II and the Paragon.  Why?, great CW rigs and
>filtering.
>
>Kenwood. The TS940SAT and the TS850SAT. Why, state of the art when they
>were made and easy to use.
>
>Yaesu.  none at all.  Why?, I have only had two in my life, a 901DM and now
>an FT 920.
>Why?, the 901DM was a glorified CB radio and a piece of junk. The FT 920, I
>bought in a weak moment at a dealer and regretted it ever since. Too much
>$$$ for what it is and very poor reliability.
>
>So, there you have it, my best and my worst list.........
>
>Also if only that I could keep one brand of radio, it would be Icom hands
>down.
>
>73
>
>         William J. Diamond (Bill)
>         Rogers, Arkansas USA
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