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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 6464
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 3:52 pm: | 
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Knottyboy
Junior Member
Username: Knottyboy
Post Number: 10
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 1:48 pm: |
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I am in the market for a 6 meter rig and can not find any on Copper sight, any suggestions, other than shop elsewhere?
73 |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1106
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 5:04 pm: |
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unfortunately, they haven't carried the rci5054dx100 for a while now, though it IS available DIRECTLY from ranger communications for a GREAT price & FREE SHIPPING!(the ONLY radio ranger/rci is selling direct to the consumer. sure sign that something is up-like it'll be discontinued soon. so get 1 fast!)it's NO icom ic706mkIIg, but since i don't have the 706, the rci WORKS GREAT! in all fairness, it's a pretty good radio-BETTER then their 10/12 meter attempts!
otherwise, the cheapest NEW radios with 6 meters start around $700 & continue into the stratosphere! taking chances with used(from ham stores or e-auctions) i've seen starting from $200 & going UP from there. |
Stickshift
Intermediate Member
Username: Stickshift
Post Number: 237
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 7:12 pm: |
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One word: TRANSVERTER |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2997
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 8:38 pm: |
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http://radio.tentec.com/kits/Transverter |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 187
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 8:56 am: |
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If your feeling adventureous it is possible to convert a CB to 6m and several articles have been printed in QST, CQ and 73 Ar over the years (I think I might have one or two of them either here or still in boxes waiting to be shipped). |
Knottyboy
Junior Member
Username: Knottyboy
Post Number: 11
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 12:54 pm: |
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Bruce
I have considered the transverters.
Tech237 are you saying you may have one already converted ready to ship?
Thanks and 73
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Rldrake
Junior Member
Username: Rldrake
Post Number: 10
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 5:58 am: |
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MFJ 9406ssb only transceiver $269.95 New w/mic Optional CW Board $49.95
I have one of these. A fun little rig and a great no bells & whistles starter rig for 6 meters. Advantages: Low cost...very good receiver...low power consumption (great for portable use off a battery)...speech processor does good job...Hefty Motorola final has reputation of being almost bulletproof. Disadvantage:The analog vfo's scale is not precise by today's standards. This means that you won't just tell someone to meet you on such and such frequency that you can just spin your dial right to that frequency. But when there is activity on the band you can easily find it and make contacts. As others have already said the Icom 706 series and Yaesu FT-857 & 897 series are very nice HF-VHF-UHF rigs, but a bit more money.
I will make a few more posts, in a short series, suggesting some other good 6 meter rigs that are quite good and priced on the low end. |
Rldrake
Junior Member
Username: Rldrake
Post Number: 11
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 6:32 am: |
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Kenwood TS-600 6-meter only, all mode.
Can be found usually for about 250-300 dollars.
This is the second in my series of suggestions. I have not owned one of these but I do have the TS-700A which is its 2-meter cousin. I have tlaked to guys running the TS-600 many times and they sound very good on both ssb and am. Advantages: Lower cost than new, many were produced and are fairly easy to find on the used market, runs on 12v or the internal 120/240 power supply, said to have very good receiver as does my TS-700A, and no dammed menus to wade through. These rigs have very accurate ANALOG vfo dials that are very easy to read even for us half-blind OFs. They also have provision for crystal for fixed channel operation, if for some reason desired...would be good for mobile operation, but few vehicles have room for them nowadays. The only real disadvantage to a rig like this is that the CTCSS tone board was optional...only important if you want to work a repeater that requires such. I personally prefer the looks of transceivers like these, from the mid 70s, that are fairly large in size and actually look like some sort of "real" ham radio. More in my little series to follow. I have to run off to work for a little while now. Later. 73 to all. |
