[nrv-hams] Primary station consideration for March meeting

[Russell Abbey]

Hi Cam and Everyone,
Cam, I am wondering why Gigaparts?  We should support what we have in the
State first in my opinion.  It's basically the same everywhere, so just
wondering.  However, wherever we get a station I would support this
anyway.  And being a Yaesu fan I have no problems. :)

73
Russ, N4MAV

PS, what other stations do we have?  I'm wondering if it is all Icom maybe
we should stay that way?  No real idea of what the Club has anymore, being
unable to get to the regular meetings and all.  However, I do fully support
doing the Zoom and other such meetings.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:10 PM James Hassall <jhassall at vt.edu> wrote:

> I’ve seen that model on QRZ recently for ~$200 less. I believe that buying
> there, from a reputable ham, would save us $ with minimal risk.
>
> My $0.02 worth
> jim  W4BEA
>
> 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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