"Peter Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And Happy New Year!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You've come back from the dark side. Welcome to the light, Eddy! :-) 73 and Merry Christmas John K5MO At 09:46 AM 12/23/2007, you wrote: >Good Morning All, > >Well, I spent the better part of the day yesterday retrieving a set of >Drake Twins from a fellow Ham living some 2+ hours away from me (one >way!)...was the drive worth the bother...? > >In a word, YES! > >My initial impression of the receiver (a "first generation" all-tube R-4) >is VERY positive: I love the passband tuning feature, and that calibrated >main tuning knob --- in 1-KHz markers --- is clever, and effective. It's >also a very pleasing rig to the eye, and looks FB sitting next to its >matching T-4X transmitter. > >I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind, that, had I known better back in >1983 --- when I stood "...at the crossroads" and took the quantum >technological leap from my Heathkit SB-400 & Hallicrafters S-77A, to a >brand new Yaesu FT-980 --- I would surely have shopped around for a good >used set of Twins then... > >I was really racked with guilt about throwing my lot in with a >microprocessed technology that the FT-980 presented, having had the >ability of repairing anything & everything in my shack up to that >time...and, like a fool, I did not even consider the possibilities of >taking the Drake route, and instead, pondered the chances of buying a >good, used Collins S-line, instead, back then. > >I ended-up passing the S-line by, because it did not incorporate 160-meters. > >Well, it took some 24 years, alright, but an old wrong has been righted at >VE3CUI --- and I could not be happier with this self-presented Christmas >gift, I can assure you! > >Merry Christmas to all, & my vy > >~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
