I cut my teeth on Link radios. In fact, I had a hard time adjusting to Motorola. It always seemed that they took much more circuitry and, thus, many more parts, to do the same job (not any better) as Link. My first Links on the ham band were the old 1905/2240 two box pair on the 146.2/146.8 repeater in the SF Bay Area. From there I graduated to a 6000-30VR-C1, a very modern (for the time) one piece unit. Also had some of the old 2975 Links on UHF. Some interesting stories about that but for another time. As I got the story, Fred Link retired and sold the company. The successor produced radios for a very short time but they did not maintain the Link reputation in any way. Some of the ones I got looked like prototypes; not a finished product. A rather inglorious end to a formerly great company. Tom DGN
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Sid" <purvis...@...> wrote: > > 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 <Captainlance@> 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 <skipp025@> > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
