[ML-Hams] State of HF Rig at Makeshop

[Jeff Cotten]

I know there's a Kenwood in the champagne room, I think it's supposed to be
an HF rig as well.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Jake Polatty <ki4btj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was thinking about bringing my HF rig to the shop.  It is a nice Yeasu
> FT-890.  I also have a TNC that will make it do digital modes.
>
> On a side note, I know there was another radio at the shop.  I think it
> was a newer Kenwood with the upgraded head.  Does anyone know where it went?
>
> -Jake, KI4BTJ
>
> Jake Polatty, KI4BTJ
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> FYI From Bruce:
>>
>>
>> Went by today. I took my dummy load and used the shop power meter to look
>> at that HF rig. It has a tube final and I didn't want to drive it two hard
>> without knowing the radios history but I got 50 W out out of it. I don't
>> know how clean the signal was but it was drifting on the readout quite a
>> bit. Receive seems to have a problem. Also, being an old radio, it may not
>> be a good option for new hams first experiences even if we can fix it.
>>
>>
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