Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Andy obrien wrote: I have not used the rigs u mentioned and am not sure what their cost is.. but I would also mention the TS2000 and Kenwood TS480 as radios you might want to look at . The Icom 7000 may also be worth a look too. Welcome back to the hobby! Where is High Peak ? You're not on top of Ben Nevis, I hope. Andy K3UK On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com mailto:t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote: I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZXZqbjZpBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE4NzExODMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYzMTA4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2hwZgRzdGltZQMxMjU4ODAyMTc1 http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ mailto:digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=unsubscribe Thanks to all who replied to my query and for Andy High Peak is North Derbyshire where it usually rains :-( -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Ted Wager wrote: Thanks to all who replied to my query and for Andy High Peak is North Derbyshire where it usually rains :-( I often have to drive through the High Peaks to get across the Pennines from my home in Bolsover. Through places with names like Chappel-en-le-Frith and Dove Holes. Beautiful at some times of the year, however driving rain and fog on the tops are not so much fun... Dave (G0DJA) Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Dave Ackrill wrote: Ted Wager wrote: Thanks to all who replied to my query and for Andy High Peak is North Derbyshire where it usually rains :-( I often have to drive through the High Peaks to get across the Pennines from my home in Bolsover. Through places with names like Chappel-en-le-Frith and Dove Holes. Beautiful at some times of the year, however driving rain and fog on the tops are not so much fun... Dave (G0DJA) Ok Dave Dove Holes is a terrible place..Very bleak...I live in New Mills off the a6..We are at the 800ft level so quite unlikely to flood..Hopefully.. -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Many rigs can be brought into play for a variety of services and be a joy to own. This thread focus's on digital modes, so . I love my TS-480HX, and it is used on the base for 24/7 digital ALE operations. Its better performance due to NOT having two meters and four forty bands improves the HF side. It is my main mobile rig. The extra power of the HX allows running at lower power, such as 100 watts, at near full duty cycle that a normal 100 watt rig would not do well at. Same for operating in hot mobile situations running digital in a hot mobile can be handled by this rig. The HX version has two cooling fans along with the normal 480 heavy case fin cooling design. The IC-7000 runs hot just for the voice duty cycle . Down load the TS-480HX/SAT In Depth Manual at the link below, and read it right from Kenwood experts. Then you will understand why no two meters and four forty is desirable in the design of an HF receiver. An exception is the TS-2000 with separate modules for the other bands, but it is known to have a different HF design that doesnt have as good a performance on HF bands as the 480 design. http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/software_download.html I miss the DSP auto notch of the MP when using the 480. That is the one feature that amazes me as to why it wasnt included. Yes, I plan on keeping the 480 for a long time, and maybe getting another but I would not part with my Ft-1000MP with the dual I.F. cascaded physical filter design though... hi Hi HI Another ALE operator has a radio of interest for digital, the Icom IC-718. She points out that a few minor mod's are useful and should be incorporated. Please check out Bonnie's email on the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hflink/ reflector for the details. 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ http://hflink.net/qso/
[digitalradio] Which radio ?
I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using linxmint Helena
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
I have not used the rigs u mentioned and am not sure what their cost is.. but I would also mention the TS2000 and Kenwood TS480 as radios you might want to look at . The Icom 7000 may also be worth a look too. Welcome back to the hobby! Where is High Peak ? You're not on top of Ben Nevis, I hope. Andy K3UK On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote: I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using linxmint Helena
RE: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
before purchasing a Yaesu, have a look at the Kenwood TS480SAT, a radio built for Digital modes , since it does not need an interface between the rig and the computer. This radio has become the standard for digital rigs in the emergency comms community, since it has the data port, and a cooling system designed for higher power digital. my 2 cents from the great white north John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Wager Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:02 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Which radio ? I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using linxmint Helena
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Check out the Icom's On 11/21/09, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote: I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using linxmint Helena Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:02:05AM +, Ted Wager wrote: I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? I have both, and the 857D's big brother the 897D; all three work very nicely in the digital modes. Given the choice between the 450 and the 857/897, I'll take the 857/897 because of the 2m and 70 cm support *and* because there are a few more choices available in the 8x7 menu system. I'd also pick the 857D over the 450 because it is more suited to mobile use, and because the rest of the radio can be separated from the control head and put somewhere out of the way to save space. Welcome back. 20m is good here from about 0730 to 2000 local. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
Ted Wager wrote: Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? It's always a personal choice, of course, but personally I'd avoid Yaesu. I have used the FT-857 at my local radio club station and would not buy one for my own use. I've ever had a Yaesu main station radio that I've felt really comfortable with, and I have owned an FT-101ZD and a few VHF/UHF mobile ones in my time, but I only use an elderly FT-817 for portable use with my 10 and 24GHz transverters as there isn't really anything else available that provides 432MHz all mode portable. I did start out with Yaesu FT-290R radios, but rapidly found that their HF big brothers were not radios that I got on with. Radios like the FT-One, FT-102, FT-1000, FT-1000MP etc. I have used Kenwood radios and liked them, such as the TS-830S and TS-850S plus the Icom IC-706MKIIG and I now use a Kenwood TS-2000X for almost all my Amateur work, apart from a SDR-IQ for serious receiving on many bands or inputs from transverters. Dave (G0DJA)
