[OKDXA] 740

[John Geiger]

The QST review of the 980 criticized it for having a noisy synthesizer, but most DXers who are familiar with it say it is one of the best low bands rigs ever. Interesting how the 2 conflict.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, W5JMW <w5jmw at cableone.net> wrote:

> From: W5JMW <w5jmw at cableone.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 740
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 7:14 PM
> RR completely forgot about the
> ft-1.The 980 may have had a keyer 
> option..tooo long ago..hi hi  73 john
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 740
> 
> 
> I think that is right about the Signal one.  The FT1
> also had a built in 
> keyer, but I think the 740 came out before it. I forgot
> about the 901/902 
> having a keyer.  For some reason they were never as
> popular as the TS830. 
> Never sure why as they had more features-like the keyer,
> FM, memories, width 
> control for all modes.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/21/10, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 740
> > To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 6:32 PM
> > I'm sure you are right, John. At the
> > time, the CX7 was so far above my
> > pay grade, I never really gave them much thought.
> >
> > Bob k5sm
> >
> > W5JMW wrote:
> > > Robert,John et all,just had to give my 2c worth.I
> ran
> > 745's for what
> > > seemed like forever.I still respect them as well
> as
> > the 740.Rigs like
> > > these were so far ahead of thier time.What we
> have
> > today seems to be
> > > the same features with some newer bells and
> > whistles.BUT,I think the
> > > first rig to have a built in keyer was a signal
> one
> > cx7..hi hi..73 john
> > >
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