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The Flex 3000 and 5000 both use firewire. Not really a big deal. I dropped a $20 firewire card from Best Buy into my shack computer. I think a neat thing with the Flex 1500 and USB is that you could take the 1500 and a laptop along on trips for a SDR QRP station. A small power supply for the...

Plus one for using a Yaesu MD-100 microphone. The Flex 1500 is blast to use and has a great receiver. I had some fun making HF SSB contacts running the 5 watts. I usually had to work at it a bit more but could still get through. My perception of the $75 warranty transfer is that Flex...

Tuesday evening 6 meters sounded more like 20 meters during an HF contest. It was crazy and fun. Also did anyone catch the 2 meter e-skip that evening? I made a number of 2 meter SSB contacts of 700 to 1000 miles into the Maryland, Virginia and North & South Carolina area.

Turbo-T I wouldn't worry as much about 160 and 80 meters if you are just getting your feet wet on the HF bands. Both of those tend to be more winter bands as they suffer a lot more from atmospheric conditions. It seems like I've noticed that 160 is more CW. Then 80 tends to be more of guys...

SCAM Site Without a doubt they are a scam site. A lot of these type web sites pop up listing high end camera, computer or electronic gear for very low prices. These sites are just trying to get your credit card info by offering a "deal". You also seem them spam Craigslist on occasion as...

I've been thinking about installing the LED light strips along the underside of the top shelf of my radio bench. But from what I have heard they have really bad RFI.

That's a great deal. If I remember I paid around $130 in the early 90's. I can still remember assembling it on the family room floor. (Single and unmarried days).

I have a ground mounted HF vertical that is about 60 feet from the house. I buried my coax in some flexible PVC type conduit sold at a farm supply store. Figured that would help protect the coax and won't be real difficult to run a future replacement line of coax through. Burying it was...

What wavrider said. Save your dollars a little longer and get an HF rig that includes 6m. You will get a lot more fun for your investment. With a basic Technician license you are good to go for 6 meter DX and also 10 meter voice from 28.300 to 28.500. The best part of the year for 6 meter...

Not to high jack the thread. But I really like the FT950. The controls and display feel full size after comparing it to the Kenwood TS2000 and the Icom IC-746pro. I went to a local radio shop and looked at the 3 models in person and the Yaesu just felt more like a "real" radio. The TS-2000...

If you start researching models now you'll be ready to jump on one of the specials that are usually offered in December. (A few years back I scored a great deal on my FT-950 when they knocked the price off for a Christmas special. I was able to get the Yaesu desk mike for the difference in...

The price of radio gear has not kept pace with the rise of other prices. Go back and look at the cost of a FT-101 or a Kenwood TS-520 and then consider the decline in the value of the dollar. The average wage in 1980 doesn't compare with today. Last year I helped a friend find his first HF...

Actually the FT-950 does have a built in antenna tuner. I have owned both the the FT-950 and the TS-2000 at the same time. Early last summer I tried alternating between running each rig for 6 meter openings. After a few weeks I stayed on the FT-950. Initially I liked having 2m SSB...