09-04-2008, 10:20 AM
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 No worries! The Ice Age Floods tour post that mentioned the 2M frequency with the comment "monitor only" threw me off is all. (And here I was all excited to see what sort of voice-activated mic system you had on your Ham radio!) I'll make sure I get my CB working clearly enough by then.
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09-07-2008, 06:51 PM
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| All of this talk about amateur radios has got me thinking again. A friend of mine has a loaded IC 7000 for sale with all mods and antenna tuner. I am thinking bout buying it. |
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09-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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__________________   RidgeRunner 1 RidgeRunner 2 '96 4Runner with a few mods to make the rough going easier...  KE7PIT'08 Suzuki DR650 "Bleuzie" "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." ~~~Benjamin Franklin  |
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09-07-2008, 09:43 PM
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__________________ Jerry KE7RLA Enjoying the backroads of the Pacific Northwest |
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09-07-2008, 10:28 PM
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| The deal is a good one, but I just can't decide if I want to spend the money. I guess if I decide different later, I can always get my money back. It is cheap enough that I might be able to make something on it...... Probably should go ahead and buy it, but the old age indecision has kicked in......  |
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09-07-2008, 11:42 PM
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| The nice thing about an IC-7000 is that it can be used as a quality base station as well as a mobile - like 2 radios in one. The radio has almost as many bells and whistles as a full size HF transceiver. I suppose the programming is fairly complicated, but if you start out using it just as a 2 meter mobile, i.e. programming several repeater frequencies, tones, etc, then begin working into the other bands with various filter combinations, a little at a time, it would get easier and easier. Boy, if the price is right there may never be another deal like it. Universal is selling them new for $1,299 including a $200 rebate, a separation kit and a free Icom ball cap (for what that's worth).
__________________ Jerry KE7RLA Enjoying the backroads of the Pacific Northwest |
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09-08-2008, 09:16 AM
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| He wants $900 for it, which is a decent deal, but it has the MARS and TV mods, it includes the separation kit, a swivel mount, and an At-7000 auto tuner. So with all the stuff, it seems to me to be a pretty good price. In addition it comes in the factory boxes, packing material, and all books. It also comes from a no smoking household.......... All in all I guess I would be nuts to not buy it.......but there is still that old age indecision thing......  |
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09-08-2008, 09:28 AM
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| The add-on's come to, what, $300? So that makes the radio a total value of at least $1,600. I'd say the price is very right. And you don't find many used IC-7000's out there - I know, I have looked.
__________________ Jerry KE7RLA Enjoying the backroads of the Pacific Northwest |
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09-08-2008, 02:10 PM
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| If I go ahead and buy it, can I come and live with one of you guys.......that is, when I get kicked out of the house?!  |
