[nrv-hams] Primary station consideration for March meeting

Tue Mar 16 17:09:04 EDT 2021

Thanks Bill,
This radio (FT-991A) has a built in tuner, however, during field day, we
know this to be a problem. Only manual tuners work well in that environment.
A manual tuner may be something to consider as well (~$250 for something
like an MFJ-934).
I normally handle the power poles, and we already have a power supply, so
that's covered.
The only antennas I am aware of that the club has are the dipoles for HF.
Others are usually brought by club members for use, as well as coax and
antenna masts.
Another thing suggested would be a Pelican case (or Harbor
Freight equivalent) to house the radio for protection.
A "Nifty!" manual is certainly a good idea for any radio as well.
All of these things could be considered, although we may want to wait a bit.
If others would like to donate items to the club, like, oh, I don't know...
a 2m/70cm yagi and pole mount for VHF+ work, that would be great!

Hope that helps!
-- 
Cam - W4XXV

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:59 PM Bill Turner <kn4cqv at gmail.com> wrote:

> The radio is cheaper at other vendors. What about other accessories. Tuner,
> cables, software costs, antenna etc. Is all that on hand?
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 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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