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  • Re: Getting Started

    From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Warpslide on Sun Jan 11 02:51:52 2026
    On 17 Aug 2020, Andre said the following...

    Welcome to our bottomless pit of a hobby. Your time and money
    are gone forever. :)

    That's what I'm afraid of... this free (to me) handheld seems like
    it's going to be a gateway drug.

    Once you start down the rabbit whole, you wont come back.. %-)

    My most expensive rig is a Kenwood TM-D700 ($1200 at the time). It's now
    in a box with my other rigs due to living changes. #-(




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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Vk3jed on Sun Jan 11 02:51:52 2026
    On 08-19-20 11:30, vorlon wrote to Warpslide <=-

    That's what I'm afraid of... this free (to me) handheld seems
    like it's going to be a gateway drug.

    Once you start down the rabbit whole, you wont come back.. %-)

    Hahaha. it's like that. :)

    But the fun part of the hobie is building stuff your self.


    My most expensive rig is a Kenwood TM-D700 ($1200 at the
    time). It's now in a box with my other rigs due to living
    changes. #-(

    I bought a couple of IC-7000s 10 years ago, and with a house move
    next year, and some money left over, I think it's likely there will
    be an upgrade cycle coming up. ;) Yeah I hit the "toy shop" with a
    $5k order in total back then. Needless to say he was happy
    receiving that order. ;)

    They are a nice radio, but if a fault develops your out of luck for a
    rig. I've got muliple 2m/70cm rigs, but only a single HF right as I
    wasn't into the HF side of things.



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Vk3jed on Sun Jan 11 02:51:52 2026
    On 09-01-20 15:02, vorlon wrote to Vk3jed <=-


    But the fun part of the hobie is building stuff your self.

    Whether that be hardware or software. :)

    I've always enjoyed the making it part of any adventure.


    They are a nice radio, but if a fault develops your out of
    luck for a rig. I've got muliple 2m/70cm rigs, but only a
    single HF right as I wasn't into the HF side of things.

    Yeah, I have a FT-736R as well. I was given the basic radio by a
    friend who bought another one. I've optioned up the FT-736R with
    6m and 23cm, as well as CTCSS. It's become my main VHF/UHF radio.

    Turning it into a remote base with a heap of open source software
    was fun too. :)

    You've got more radio's than a blind man waving his stick around in a
    china tea cup shop!




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