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Skriven 2013-02-05 16:45:00 av Holger Granholm (2:20/228)
     Kommentar till en text av Eric Hutchins
Ärende: Re: ARRL DX Contest?
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In a message dated 02-03-13, Roy Witt said to Eric Hutchins:

Hi Eric,

 EH> I am hoping to do a little VHF SSB, but I'll need to get a rig that'l
 EH> do it first. Figure I have till June to get it all worked out for the
 EH> VHF Contest.

There are two very good VHF rigs that I'm using myself. One is an Icom
IC-202 that gives you SSB and CW and the other one is a FT-290 That adds
FM to the modes.

Both are in the 3W output class and they both give you excellent
stepping stones to either use as a tunable IF for addition of UHF/SHF
transverters or larger power amplifiers.

The 202 splits the band in 200 kHz segments while the 290 covers the
entire 144 MHz band. The 290 also has 10 memory channels that i Use
mainly for repeater and FM simplex channels.

Both are now out of production butcan be found cheapky at flea markets.
The 202 also has a brother named IC-402 for 432 MHz.

Both have an outstandingly clean signal without spurious noise tnat can
annoy local hams unlike some of the new breed pf multiband transceivers

I do also have a HF transverter connected to the FT-290 so that I can
work 80 - 10 meters using the 2m rig as an IF for those bands.

73 de Sam, OH0NC

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