Wow! There is some much special material in this one post...
OMG
All the Best
Gary
Easy Gary. The chain of action is inform, educate, and then beat up for not listening. Not the other way around. :laugh:
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Heathkit SB200 tubes getting red
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Easy Gary. The chain of action is inform, educate, and then beat up for not listening. Not the other way around. :laugh:
Jimbo,
Sometimes you have to have thick skin on websites just like you do when you are talking on the CB. I started in electronics when I was 12 years old. And in shortwave and CB. My beliefs did not come from ham radio, But through what I learned in electronics for many years. I got my ham ticket in 1990. But most of my radio knowledge came from EF Johnson and General Electric mobile two way radio as a service tech.
Some of the best fun I ever had came from CB radio. Some came from working the old sputnik birds and A0-10 and 13 during field day with homebrew rigs and antennas. Even before I got my ham license.
There are lots of myths out there. Not only with cb but ham radio also.
Sometimes you have to believe nothing you hear and half of what you see. Learn how to work out things for yourself. Read a lot of good stuff, like what waverider posted. Then verify for yourself.
Hence the reasoning for the simple statement, and no further elaboration.
I am still laughing and can't type!
Well since Buddy threw down his resumé I will too. Got started in CB in 1977 but was never really a CBer. I never talked AM unless it was to a couple friends. I spent my time on SSB chasing DX (skip) or engaged in late night round tables with tech minded guys twice my age or more. Went to tech school and made a career out of electronics as a commercial broadcast engineer for 22 years. That is one of the reasons I said that some of us are familiar with tube operation, the transmitters I serviced were tube type Gates and Harris mainly. An old General Electric ran 828 drivers with 810 finals while the Gates BC1 series ran 807 drivers and 833C's in the finals and in both the RF and the modulator stages. The Gates FM5H FM transmitter ran a single 4CX250B driver and a single 4CX5000A final while another FM transmitter ran a solidstate driver and a 3CX3000A7 final. Later came the Nautel solidstate MOSFET transmitters including a Q-20 which ran 20 kw.Sometime in my early years in broadcasting I found time to write my amateur radio exam. I called the office on Tuesday and was told I could write on Thursday.Not much time to study for it. LOL I ended up with 100% on the theory section and 98% on the regulations so I guess I didn't have to worry. Remember this was back in the day before published answer pools and the questions were a mix of multiple choice, written out, and schematic diagram drawing and parts identification. I presently hold the top class amateur ticket available in Canada which is basically equivalent to the USA amateur extra. Other than that I don't know a damned thing about radio. :laugh:
Well guys I guess when I put my foot in mouth I don't know when to quit so whole leg goes in LOL. I have definitely proved I have a lot to learn about radio and am sure will insert foot in mouth some other time too. My resume is I went to Jackson Community College for my Tool & Die Certificate plus extra classes to better me at my job I completed 72 credit hrs there and received my journeyman card at Hoover Universal in 1982 I may not know the field of electronics but was in charge of the Tool Rooms at two separate Factories Jebco Manufacturing which was a stamping plant and at Faraday LLC where we built fire control systems ,alarms and bells . I also worked in and helped set up in 2004 the Tool Room at the new Chrysler engine plant in Dundee, Michigan called GEMA working for Premier LLC I worked there for 7yrs .Before I worked for Premier at GEMA I also in 2003 worked for a year doing nothing but building electrical panels complete to electrical prints for a machine building Company called STI that was where I first started thinking I may like electronics. I have since retired and trying to keep busy doing something completely opposite than building machines,fixtures and replacement parts I had gotten bored with that. I have my own mill, lathe, welders, sandblaster and every car repair tool you can think of I because I also worked on automobiles in my spare time rebuilding engines, transmissions. Was a crewmember on Nightmare Racings 8 second drag car till owner passed away. Built sand rails rode BMW motorcycles had 3 of them plus about 24 more other types of motorcycles . I am a Planning Commissioner for 15 yrs in my township and served for 4yrs on Board of Appeals also. Wavrider and radio Tech thanks for the Info and Thank You all for taking the time to help. Jimbo165
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I don't know how I missed this ? I think admin should sticky it so we can just link it. Certainly you have grown weary of typing it?
If you don't like it don't read it. Sometimes some people without knowledge think other people are just blowing smoke up their ass. Sometimes those people can be made to listen a little better once they realize that the info they are being given comes from a credible source. If you would like I will sticky it since I am one of the admins you are seeking.
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Hey capt kilowatt, question for you sir. I am in the market for a new radio and a local is trying to get me to get a yaseu ft101e. I was looking at the icom 7200, but he seems to think that a radio that requires a power supply isn't as good as one with a PS built in. I was looking at the 7200 and a samlex 35 Amp PS. Thoughts or remarks. Be honest as I don't want to spend hard earned money on a something and regret it later. Thanks for any and all replies.
Nothing against the 101E....Do you want 40 year old Technology or do you want a NEW radio.
The equipment has no advantage IMO having a built-in PS...
Don't look past a good used late SS# FT-950 or a FTdx1200 either...
The receiver will blow the 101E off the bench
All the Best
Gary
That is what I was trying to tell him, he is an older guy and likes that particular radio. It's a nice rig, but after seeing the IC-7200 I am pretty much sold. A good power supply and I can use it in the mobile if I have to as well. It wasn't so much a money thing as I had planned on buying new. I really do like the build quality of the ic-7200. Haven't heard anything bad about it either. And they do sound good on air, the ones I have heard anyway. My plan was to get the radio, a good PS and have the mars/ cap mod done. And thanks for the fast response BJ radionut, much appreciated. Bday is next month so this was going to be it. It may be as soon as this week. Gotta see what I have left over after the bills are paid first though! Again thanks for the response and god bless.
Well Gary beat me too it but I have to agree with what he said. The FT-101E is not a beginner's radio if the beginner has no tube experience or basic knowledge of OPERATING a radio. The FT-101 is not just a turn-it-on-and-use-it kind of radio. It is old tech, nothing wrong with that except it will be in need of some TLC. I have a Kenwood TS-820S of roughly the same era and while it is a wonderful radio I would not want it as my only radio. As for built-in power supplies, no difference in performance between those with built-in supplies and those without. My TS-820S has a power supply built-in and my FT-857D does not nor did my Icom IC-735. Typically radios with tube final have power supplies built in while solid state radio's do not. The power supplies for such radios are much larger and heavier typically unless they have switching type supplies which most do now. Most hams have a heafty 12 supply in the shack and run gear off that negating the need for a built-in 12 power supply anyway. Given the choice I would take the IC-7200.
I am the opposite I would take the 101 over the 7200 any day but then I like the older stuff. As for operations the best way I can say it is the 101 is manual shift and the 7200 is auto, both do the same just one is harder but you feel like you did something to get there.
If you don't like it don't read it. Sometimes some people without knowledge think other people are just blowing smoke up their ass. Sometimes those people can be made to listen a little better once they realize that the info they are being given comes from a credible source. If you would like I will sticky it since I am one of the admins you are seeking.
LOL, absolutely sticky it so we can find it easily