RE: Link radios. My first ham station was a Link base unit on 40 something MHz given to me by the sheriff when they got new equipment. I reworked all the tuning coils and moved it to 52.525 MHz and used it for years. Those tubes looked nice at night with the lights off. Sid. WA4VBC
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Captainlance <captainla...@...> wrote: > > Wow.. memories... A Link 50UFS low band base station.. We have one here, > too... Still works. > Lance N2HBA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: La Rue Communications > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) > > > > > I think I automatically disqualify myself since I dont know too much about > our units. But one of the cornerstone pieces of our shop is our Link Repeater. > > Im not trying to one up anyone - but rather share and get into the OLD > stuff with the rest of ya. I also dont think I qualify because I grew up on > CHiPs and Dukes of Hazard..... :) So overlook that little fact and let me ask > if anyone has dabbled with this machine? > > (See attached) > > John Hymes > La Rue Communications > 10 S. Aurora Street > Stockton, CA 95202 > http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Gleichweit > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) > > > > Whaddaya mean lunchboxes don't count? I have a pair of GE Portamobile > II's in > the shop just begging to be recrystalled and ready to rock. If course, I > was > considering building those into APRS trackers or packet boxes, where > everything > was built inside, and all you needed to do was plug in a laptop. > > I dug an actual GE "HandiTalkie" out of the bottom of a box that was full > of > surplus stuff from the county. In that same lot was a couple of MX300s. > > -- > John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE > IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 > List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 > http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com > http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: skipp025 <skipp...@...> > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 7:00:36 PM > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) > > > > > > > Allow me to show my age ... > > > To me, the HT-220 is/was a Xtal Controlled Ht !! > > > > Allow me to show my age... > > > > The HT here is a VHF Engineering 2 Meter Portable > > assembled from a kit... and it still works. > > > > :-) > > > > s. > > > > ps: Surplus Motorola and GE Lunch Boxes don't count on > > the bragging scale. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
