[nrv-hams] Primary station consideration for March meeting

[Neal Kegley]

I think it’s a great idea!!

Neal
KR4BX

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Neal Kegley

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> On Mar 16, 2021, at 09:49, Randolph Ward <rwward at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> Cam,
> You know I'm not active any more, but I would support your idea.
> 73
> Randy NS4NS
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:39 AM Cam Coble <cam at doubleclickdata.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For our March meeting Monday 22nd @ 7pm, I’d like to consider rounding out
>> our third operating station for field day with a new club transceiver. I’ve
>> been pondering this for some time and feel that it would be a good thing to
>> have a modern radio for club members to use for field day, as well as other
>> events. I really want to get us more active with other things such as the
>> Audie Murphy event, winter field day, and other club operations. With this
>> in mind, I constructed a list of needs.
>> 
>> The base requirements I tried to meet are:
>> 
>> -          Modern/waterfall/easy to use
>> 
>> -          Works well in a contest (like Field Day when everyone is jammed
>> into small spaces)
>> 
>> -          100 Watts HF
>> 
>> -          VHF/UHF capabilities
>> 
>> -          Field portable
>> 
>> The concluding model I would like to recommend is the Yaesu FT-991A. Go
>> here for info:
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=102&encProdID=490C4A71118AD0F4E825E89D821B73BB&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
>> 
>> This is currently under promotionals bringing the price to $1,149.95 at
>> GigaParts.com.
>> https://www.gigaparts.com/yaesu-ft-991a.html
>> 
>> It’s currently not in stock, but they are expecting them before field day.
>> 
>> As far as money goes, we have adequate funds to cover this, still leaving
>> us with plenty for maintenance to our repeater systems, or anything else
>> that should come up.
>> 
>> Please feel free to reply with your thoughtful opinions.
>> 
>> 73!
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Cam – W4XXV
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