[nrv-hams] Primary station consideration for March meeting

[Cam Coble]

Thanks Russ,
I didn't mean to suggest we buy from Gigaparts, but rather to give a
budget. If there are other places in the state, then by all means that
would be great.
Gigaparts *did* have a special until last week where you could get a 10
year warranty for $10. That would have been good for us, but I have no
preference from where to purchase.

For further detail, our current HF stations are:
- Kenwood TS-430S
- Yaesu FT-840 w/autotuner

Thanks!
--
Cam - W4XXV

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:24 PM Russell Abbey <russ.abbey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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