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    ICOM 706MKIIG

    Thanks for the great info.We will see which one we can aford and go from there.Which will be one or the other. My vote will be for the IC7000 but we will just have to see. again thanks for the help.
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    ICOM 706MKIIG

    Thanks for all the info. The young man has done 2 tours in Iraq and got interested in radio when he would come over and visit my son. This past tour he studied on c.d. and books and said he is going to take his test while on leave. We might look at the IC-7000 also. I guess we will just take a...
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    ICOM 706MKIIG

    Would like to get some comments on this radio from the members. Is this radio good on AM/SSb ops. Also would this be a good first radio for a new ticket holder. We plan on buying a rig for a friend who is coming home from IRAC.
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    dual band base ant.duplexer

    Thanks every one for the help.
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    dual band base ant.duplexer

    The radio that I am going to use is a Kenwood TW4000A. It has 2 connections on the back one for 2M and one for 70CM. This radio was given to me and I took it to a local HAM and he said it worked great he used it about 2 weeks.I use it to moniter the local ham net.Thanks
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    dual band base ant.duplexer

    Do you need a duplexer when using a dual band radio as a base or are there ant. that you can buy that dont need one,2m/70cm.Thanks.
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    LW-101

    Thanks all for the replies.A friend of mine almost bought one of these but I was able to get ahold of him and he didnt buy it. He is a retired truck driver 68 yrs old and his wife passed away about 2 months ago. So I gave him my Imaxx2000 and a base radio and set it all up for him to use so he...
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    LW-101

    Has any one used this ant. guy close to where I live is selling them claiming its the best base ant. you can use.I know there was a post on here about these at one time. Dont think it will handle the wind very well but I may be wrong. I dont plan on buying one, just curious.
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    Connex 3300hp (hockey puck)

    I use a Connex 3300HP as a base unit for local talking and I dont have any problems with mine. Might want to try a different ant. but it probably needs to be retuned.As far as a shop goes,to do the work I use a local who is real good. But Im sure some of the other members will chime in on who to...
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    BEAM ANT. UPDATE

    On another post I asked about a small beam ant. Well I was just given a Maco Shooting Star, rotor, and 40ft tower. The tower is in great shape,the rotor i am not sure about, the ant. looks good from the ground. Any comments about the ant. good or bad.Also can I tune it on a mast to see if it...
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    Beam Ant.

    Thanks to everyone. I plan on doing some more research and will go from there. Again thanks to all for the help.
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    Another coax question

    jonbah, Thanks for the help.
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    Another coax question

    I have RG-213 from ant. to switch box and same from switch box to radios, can I use a different coax to radios, RG-213 is hard to run in short lenghts. Thanks
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    murs freq.

    Slim, Thanks for the help.
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    murs freq.

    What are the freq. that murs is alocated
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    Beam Ant.

    Thanks Farm Boy, I will look into it
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    ASTATIC TUG-8 STAND

    Switch Kit, Your more than welcome. Good luck
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    The 10 Meter Battle

    Well I try not get to involved in the legalities of the radio world because I dont know the law but im learning thanks to this forum. Case in point, a young friend of mine just started driving trucks and stopped by to show off the truck he is going to be driving and showed me his new radio.He...
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    ASTATIC TUG-8 STAND

    Switch Kit , I tried to scan it but no luck sorry. I am going to compare the picks and see if there are any diferrences with what I got.
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    ASTATIC TUG-8 STAND

    Switch Kit, I cant send a picture of mine dont have a camera that will do that but im gonna try and scan the schem. and post it sorry it took so long to respond.