[SixClub] AMPLIFIER-RM Italy.

[Howard Bingham]

And I have long licensed hams that communicate world wide with OLDER 
ICOM and Yaesu radios on an antenna only 25 ft. in air on 10m & all 
other bands with any of 4 other antennas that were hand me downs, one 
does not need a $ 4,000 radio to communicate ALL MODES when less 
expensive equipment is available & works, just like people who buy a 
Cadillac can not bring it to believe that their top of the line GM 
product has components shared with Chevrolet's cheapest cars..

I've had Ford products in the past in which the front suspension was 
designed for a FORD Falcon in 1960, yet was used on ALL FORD cars with 
exception of the Lincoln Town Car until well into the 1970's, to spite 
being designed for plain vanilla bias belted black wall tires on the 
cheapest Ford Falcon, yet used on all other Ford automobiles that were 
using more advanced steel belted low profile 70 series tires weighing 
double the weight of what it was designed to handle.. (Reason I found 
out, I had a 1970 Ford Torino GT coupe that went through front ball 
joints one after another & not until the warranty was up, did I get the 
complete story from a company downtown on Jackson and Bell street that 
specialized in car and truck suspensions..

Guess I should have learned Morse Code at an earlier age, I could signal 
with flags used aboard navy vessels while in Boy Scouts, guess I could 
have translated that to CW application..!

I digress,

73

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ

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On 1/2/2011 8:40 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
>
> On 1/2/2011 8:38 PM, Howard Bingham wrote:
>> My mobile Yaesu works those modes too (FT-857D) and there are others out
> So does my 897D and Icom 7000 but that's like comparing a VW to a Ferrari
> Each has its place and does what it was designed for well.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> there..!
>>
>> My only problem now is passing my General so I can get on bands the
>> Yaesu FT-857D covers..
>>
>> Have antenna to do most of the General class bands, but have resisted
>> the temptation to install an antenna that cost more than some high end
>> dual banders..
>>
>> I'm not knocking ICOM, just that there are a half dozen or so other
>> models in production that can work all modes&   on all bands..
>>
>> My next step up would be a Kenwood (Almost bought the Kenwood TS-480SAT
>> but settled on the Yaesu as I could get more for the buck at the time.).
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Howard Bingham
>> KE5APJ
>>
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>> On 1/2/2011 5:18 PM, Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW wrote:
>>> Howard !
>>>
>>>     this NEW Icom works ON SSB, CW, AM, FM&    the digital modes,
>>> thats whats so special about it !
>>>
>>>     its kinda like the newest CAR !  its not that YOU NEED it ! its that you
>>> want it !
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Howard Bingham"<ke5apj at earthlink.net>
>>> To:<sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 5:10 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] AMPLIFIER-RM Italy.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Don't know what the attraction in these high priced ICOM, when there are
>>>> several Yaesu&    Kenwood's that pretty well fit the bill for much less,
>>>> with enough change difference to buy an AMP to boot..!
>>>>
>>>> This being said, not knowing all the bells&    whistles included in the
>>>> ICOM 9100..
>>>>
>>>> Howard Bingham
>>>> KE5APJ
>>>>
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