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

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:28:33 -0600

Hello-
    This may be slightly off topic but the mention of a blind ham brings up
my desire :
        I have a Motorola Micom-S,  2-18 Mhz. SSB transceiver and an antenna
tuner that goes along with it. This is an all solid state, nice cond. 40
channel programmable radio and it has the programming board installed.I do
not have a microphone. It receives well, but TX untested. This would be a
great SSB rig for a blind ham, and I would be willing to donate it to a
blind ham, however the set needs the attention of someone knowledgable about
the set in order to hook up mic. and check out TX and tuner.
            What say??
                                    Thanks, Byron WA5THJ.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nielsen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an
apartment.


> Hi Darrell,
>
> I don't know if you remember me, but we met several years ago at a
> Catalina Radio Club Field Day on Mount Lemmon (my call was W6SWE at the
> time).
>
> The Elecraft K2 is a great rig (I have one) but it does not have a
> voice synthesizer, which is another point in favor of the 703.  The
> KX-1 has audio cw indication of frequency, etc., but that is a CW-only
> radio.  I'll probably pick one up soon for traveling, since it has
> everything including the battery and antenna tuner in a very small
> package.  At least one ham has modified the K1 (the other Elecraft
> radio) for SSB, but I suspect that might be a bit of a kludge.  It
> doesn't have a voice synthesizer either.
>
> 73, Bob N7XY
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 07:09:46AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> > 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 [email protected] 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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