I won a Radioddity QT80!

[9633]

Well he is a good friend you could count on to be there for you if you need help. He's smart with a lot of valuable experience and use to be into DXing back in the day but had to get out of it like me because of husband & father duties were priority. The poor bugger now has some serious health issues and lives alone and wants to get back into radio but never had experience with SSB talking or FM. He want a base station but I'm trying to make sure he gets the Most options for his money because Radio Repair shops aren't readily available around here. I was ready to sell him my Cobra 2000 with extra channels if he insist but a old radio is a gamble and it doesn't have FM or a VFO. Like all of us I don't know how much time he has left dealing with his Cancer so I don't want to sell him something that might break down because he can't fix it himself. But he does have a Hard Head so all I can do is try to make sure he gets the most for his money but the final decision will be his, but I will make sure he knows there is no guaranty or warranty on a Old Radio. There is some type of Romantic mystic about a base station radio, I know because I went thru that BS Phase myself and that cost me money also. LOL Live & Learn

It's great He has someone like you looking out for his best interests.

 

[FlyBoy50]

It's great He has someone like you looking out for his best interests.

Thanks I'm from the Old School ! Do unto Others as you'd have them do unto you !

 

[9633]

My pleasure. And with the prices of power supplies being so affordable It would be much cheaper than a Base. I got a 50amp adjustable with Digital Display for under $50.00. It handles the quad 5 and a 2 pill driver quite easily.

 

[2RT307]

Well he is a good friend you could count on to be there for you if you need help. He's smart with a lot of valuable experience and use to be into DXing back in the day but had to get out of it like me because of husband & father duties were priority. The poor bugger now has some serious health issues and lives alone and wants to get back into radio but never had experience with SSB talking or FM. He wants a base station but I'm trying to make sure he gets the Most options for his money because Radio Repair shops aren't readily available around here. I was ready to sell him my Cobra 2000 with extra channels if he insist but a old radio is a gamble and it doesn't have FM or a VFO. Like all of us I don't know how much time he has left dealing with his Cancer so I don't want to sell him something that might break down because he can't fix it himself. But he does have a Hard Head so all I can do is try to make sure he gets the most for his money but the final decision will be his, but I will make sure he knows there is no guaranty or warranty on a Old Radio. There is some type of Romantic mystic about a base station radio, I know because I went thru that BS Phase myself and that cost me money also. LOL Live & Learn

I totally get liking the old rigs... I have a Cobra 2000, 139XLR, and a Kenwood TS-830 and 520. Fortunately they all work! The new rig has quite a bit of double featured knobs, but pretty easy to get figured out once you have played with it a bit. If he's strictly playing on 11 meters, that makes it easier, too. Get the Radioddity and a solid power supply, good ground plane, yagi beam, or both, and he'll have a lot of fun with it.

73,
Brett