favorite radios?

[ke7rbf]

does anyone have a favorite radio brand or model:confused:

[kc9jwa]

My favorite is, Kenwwood duelbander v71a. Or Yeasue's.:D

[ke7rbf]

mine is yaesu

[W4INF]

I <3 Icom. :cool:

[KE5RRH]

My favorites are an Icom 706 MKIIG, Icom ic-v8, and a Yaesu 2800 :)

[kp4fbm]

My is Icom.

[KJ4AZX]

The Yaesu FT-60 is a really good radio to start out with. It is a very reliable radio!

[KJ4AZX]

http://cgi.ebay.com/EF-Johnson-VHF-51SL-5100-Land-Mobile-Radios-New-2_W0QQitemZ270203726062QQcmdZViewItem

Check these radios out!

[KE5RRH]

http://cgi.ebay.com/EF-Johnson-VHF-51SL-5100-Land-Mobile-Radios-New-2_W0QQitemZ270203726062QQcmdZViewItem

Check these radios out!

wow :O look at the price tags heh.

[KU0DM]

Yaesu.

FT-897D, FT-1802M, and VX-7R(B)

:cool:

[WA4TM]

6 Icom, 1 Kenwood, 1 Yaesu

[kb3laz]

Icom
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[N9MOQ]

Yaesu .

[KC9KSL]

Definatly Yaesu I like my FT-2800M and my FT-101ZD

[KI4SYC]

I would say the one I'm talking on at the moment and the one that allows me to hear forever. Sorry to be so specific...

[KD8BVS]

I'm a big fan of Icom and Kenwood. Out of all of my 20+ radios I have owned, here are my favorites... Icom IC-Z1A dual band HT, Icom IC-V8000, Icom IC-T90A tri band HT, and the Kenwood TS-430S.

I am also into Motorola gear. My current Motorola radio is the GP300 :)

[kb1oar]

/\/\otorola!!!

[KD8BVS]

/\/\otorola!!!

Motorola is the best!

[K0DXC]

does anyone have a favorite radio brand or model:confused:


I'd say Icom does a great job. As for the model... whichever one costs the most :D

[KC2TAU]

I'm a strange one,as much as I love my Icom 703 I have a very special place in my heart for my late 40's vintage Hammarlund HQ-129X.

[w8nga]

I prefer a Heathkit or Drake for low bands and a Motorola HT for VHF.

Greg W8NGA

[pe2ysb]

Yaesu, i love my ft-817nd and ft-60

[DF1FN]

Well, I really like my Sommerkamp FL-101 and FR-101.

Here you can see them: My Homepage/Radios (http://www.mydarc.de/df1fn/Radios.html)

They're old, but they work very well.
I also operated on a modern TRX (Kenwood TS-850s) at a friends QTH, but I haven't liked the sound of the NF-output.
The NF of these old Sommerkamp radios sounds much better, and the FL-101 has a impressive 100W tube PA.

vy 73 de DF1FN

[ae5eh]

The one that does what I want for what I want to pay for it. It doesn't matter what it looks like or who makes it.

[WS2L]

Kenwood & Motorola

[WA2ZDY]

Kenwood & Motorola

Yep, me too. I guess my sickness rubbed off on you!

I love my Kenwood TS480SAT for HF but for all else it's Motorola. I even have Motorola gear on 10m FM.

[VA3PNV]

Gotta love my Yeasu ft-857!!!! Great rig for all around stuff.

[WA5CXY]

I try not to have any bias toward any particular brand but on HF I really like (kenwood), icom and yaesu I like for VHF/UHF but I am very limited in my experience. I hope to purchase am ic-7000 as my next toy.

[CT2JUT]

does anyone have a favorite radio brand or model:confused:


Yaesu FT-1000MP V


It has a lovely design and has proved to be a good performer.

You can find some good ones on eBay now and then!

Maybe i´ll get one in the future... :)

[kc9ldg]

I definently love Icom the best. I have a Motorola Spectra in the car and it has great audio and all but i still think a simple 65 watt Icom 2200h is just as good.

[KC9MMU]

my favorite brands are Yeasu and Kenwood
73
riley, KC9MMU

[kb3ouk]

I like Yaesu rigs, especially the earlier models with tube finals, like my FT-101 and FT-901DM. I like the 901 more though, because it's got real transmitting tubes in it, not sweep tubes, and has some newer feature than the 101. Also like my VX-170 for two meters

[N9VBI]

I've had mostly Yeasu equiptment including the FT 736,990 and Ft 50R all held there own. I had an older TH?? kenwood 2M HT when first licensed in the mid 80's worked ok but audio was bad.. My true favorite is my Motorola Saber (3) great radio, but can't program easy.

www.freewebs.com/allhamradio (http://www.freewebs.com/allhamradio)

[ve6wtf]

ONE THAT WORKS!!!

dont really have any other personal specifications I prefer

[ka5row]

:D My favorite radio was a Kenwood TS-530GP. My current radio is a Kenwood TS-570S and it is a good rig but, it just doesn't have the magic classic appeal of the older Kenwoods.

[KB1LQD]

I have to say that although the newer rigs are nice, my uncles HW-101 was wicked awesome (Uhh ohh..... it's my bostonian side coming out!), and nothing beats working the kits and homebrew stuff ive built... our Kenwood TS-440 is amazing. It feels really nice operating... it's a solid rig IMHO

[KE7UGW]

I haven't gotten a radio. I am only a tech and I am 16 but right now I am looking at the icom 2200H and the 2820H. the 2200 is a single bander 2m 65w and the 2820 is a dual band dual watch 2m and 70cm with 50w on both bands. Hey KE7RBF you wouldnt be in oregon would you

[W0LPQ]

UGW he is. Upper left corner of this and any page is a block called call sign. Enter his call and click on callsign ... it will take you to his data.

[ve6wtf]

A tech?

So me having Basic plus 12WPM morse code what does that make me?

[kb3laz]

A tech?

So me having Basic plus 12WPM morse code what does that make me?

That would depend on which OM you ask!

[ve6wtf]

no really! Im serious.

Basic=Tech right?
Basic Plus=? Basic Plus is a basic that completed the test with better than 80 percent and is granted HF privi's
Basic & 5wpm morse=? A Basic who has completed competancy with 5wpm morse code and is granted HF privi's
Basic & 12wpm =? Same as above but more bragging rights
Basic & Advanced. Allowed to build transmitters, operate repeaters and operate with 1000 watts PEP (HF privies thrown in)
Basic & Advanced & Morse Code Same as above.......

Or

Basic & (+) & Advanced & Morse Code.... (Everything, plus bragging rights)

What are the levels for you guys?

Tech
General?
Extra?

[WS2L]

Yep, me too. I guess my sickness rubbed off on you!

I love my Kenwood TS480SAT for HF but for all else it's Motorola. I even have Motorola gear on 10m FM.


Chris, I have been a Kenwood fan ever since I bought that TS530SP back in the mid to early 1980's. As far as Motorola goes, I kind of got hooked from the job since most of our radio's were Moto's

[kb3laz]

no really! Im serious.

Basic=Tech right?
Basic Plus=? Basic Plus is a basic that completed the test with better than 80 percent and is granted HF privi's
Basic & 5wpm morse=? A Basic who has completed competancy with 5wpm morse code and is granted HF privi's
Basic & 12wpm =? Same as above but more bragging rights
Basic & Advanced. Allowed to build transmitters, operate repeaters and operate with 1000 watts PEP (HF privies thrown in)
Basic & Advanced & Morse Code Same as above.......

Or

Basic & (+) & Advanced & Morse Code.... (Everything, plus bragging rights)

What are the levels for you guys?

Tech
General?
Extra?

Yes Tech, General, Extra.

If you go back in time a few years it was more like this.
Novice (well more than a few years for this one:D)
Tech
Tech +
General
Advanced
Extra

(Oh ya and the code requirement fluctuated from day to day, lol.)

[n3khi]

Like it because it will work on 9.6 volts to 15.2 volts and it has dsp and abuilt in tuner. Covers HF & 6 meters.

Great deal


de N3KHI

[KI6KGN]

I actually have 2 favorite radio's. One of them is the Motorola Motrac (it's Crystalled for 52.5250 MHZ of course) as it has great FM audio for 6 Meters. Almost sound like it's HIFI, No wonder the CHP used them in their cars in the 1960's. My other favorite radio is the Motorola Spectra VHF Hi Band Radio. The only back drop is it uses software to program the channels, and P.L tones.

73's KI6KGN