[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

[myles landstein]

surprized that no one mentioned  the IC 910 has  birdie  as well


each has  it's pro's  and con's for sure

N2EHG


On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Jim Leder wrote:

> I've had a TS2000 since 2005, and have never regretted my purchase.  
> Sure,
> there is an unfortunate birdie that messes up SO50 and AO27, but so  
> what. I
> resurrected an old Kenwood TM-G707A to deal with those two FM birds,  
> and it
> works great. I also have an FT-857D which also does a nice job on  
> those two
> birds. I would naturally expect the comments on this board to lean  
> towards
> the IC-910H, and, indeed, it is a fine SATELLITE rig. But, my number  
> one
> preference in operating is the HF bands, not satellite. Guess what I  
> am
> saying is if VHF/UHF and satellite is your only operating  
> preference, then
> the Icom might be a better rig. But, if you also like to do the HF  
> bands
> with an occasional hop to the satellites, the TS2000 is pretty good.  
> Is the
> TS2000 the best HF rig? Probably not, but it's the only one that  
> offers
> pretty good HF operation AND reasonable satellite operation in the  
> same box.
>
>     Jim Bob Buckeye
>            AKA
>  **** Jim Leder****
>    K8CXM since 1961
> IBM retiree since 1999
>
> There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand  
> binary
> and those who don't.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Barber" <david.barber at dbelectronics.co.uk>
> To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Cc: <kg4zlb at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:02 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...
>
>
>> SSB for me too, F0-29 & V0-52.
>>
>> Can't raise any consistent enthusiasm for FM birds with the  
>> exception of
>> our
>> friends up in the ISS.
>>
>> I can have the same abuse much more easily on the local FM  
>> repeater. :-)
>>
>> So the TS2000 has a birdie, OK, but for those that don't want all  
>> their
>> eggs
>> in one basket it is very good and it doesn't need another mortgage  
>> spent
>> on
>> a Hi-Stab LO to stop it roaming around on its own.  Well at 1296MHz
>> anyway!
>>
>> Retires to bomb shelter!
>>
>> David
>> G8OQW
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb- 
>> bounces at amsat.org] On
>> Behalf Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
>> Sent: 16 July 2009 18:51
>> To: kg4zlb at gmail.com
>> Cc: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...
>>
>> I cut my teeth on Oscar 6 and 7, 2M UP, 10M DOWN, SSB.
>>
>>
>> David - KG4ZLB wrote:
>> easy sats, the FM voice, 2m up 70cm down or 70cm up 2m down,
>>> that everyone cuts their teeth on!
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