28 Oct '23 18:46>
@yo-its-me
Circumstances makes sure I can't retire or I would! I love amateur radio, talking to folks around the world but I just don't have time for that hobby even though I have some really good radios. Check out the venerable ICOM 756 Pro III, very old now but still a very high class transceiver. They were top of the line back 20 odd years ago and now superceeded by what is called Software Defined Radio which is all the rage now but I get by with my old analog stuff.
I even have a Collins rig, a KWM2, from the 1960's and IT was top of the line back then. The new stuff is all well and good but I get just about as far away contacts as any of the new stuff and my rigs are a mere 100 watts out, we can do 1500 watts if you happen to have 5000 bucks to buy such an amp🙂
Circumstances makes sure I can't retire or I would! I love amateur radio, talking to folks around the world but I just don't have time for that hobby even though I have some really good radios. Check out the venerable ICOM 756 Pro III, very old now but still a very high class transceiver. They were top of the line back 20 odd years ago and now superceeded by what is called Software Defined Radio which is all the rage now but I get by with my old analog stuff.
I even have a Collins rig, a KWM2, from the 1960's and IT was top of the line back then. The new stuff is all well and good but I get just about as far away contacts as any of the new stuff and my rigs are a mere 100 watts out, we can do 1500 watts if you happen to have 5000 bucks to buy such an amp🙂