[QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Dwayne,

I know the Elecraft rigs are probably the absolute best for my situation, 
especially if I could afford the higher price and I were able to be a bit 
more experimental.  Price is a significant stumbling block here, as I'll 
be able to set up my antenna and rig with the 703 before I could afford 
all the options for just the Elecraft radio.  Plus, I'd need to find 
someone I could trust to build it.  I know several blind hams say others 
will build these free of charge for disabled hams, but I don't usually 
believe in that sort of thing...  I'd pay someone a little extra to do it 
for me.  

Well, I don't have to build a rig like the 703.  That would allow me to 
work out other areas, such as the antennas and power source for Field Day.

Thanks and 73.
    

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 PMdc361@aol.com wrote:

> The IC703plus which includes 6m with UT102 voice synthisizer, BP228 battery which is not an internal battery, Ic BC 155 charger comes to a grand total of 890 dollars. The keying on the IC703 is no where near the quality of the ELecraft rigs. I own both the IC703 and all Elecraft rigs and I chase to bring the Elecraft rigs to Iraq. If you don't mind hearing the relays clicking back and forth with your keying then go with the IC703. I would suggest adding the narrow CW filter to help the DSP. Just the humble opinion of a ham....Good luck in your quest and hope to catch you on the air sometimes.
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