That looks like it could be a good backup 2M radio, once the peculiarities are worked out. I have a question, does it cost more or is that much harder to include SSB on a monoband radio by the the big four? Thanks for sharing. 73. KC3UEE
Yes it cost more. No one makes a ssb 2m monoband radio anymore. Only way to get 2m ssb is buying a ft991a or a icom ic7100. Or find used radios. If they made 2m AM radios ssb would be possible but they dont. Believe it or not there's actually a 2-meter a.m. net that they hold in Phoenix Arizona
I tell new hams how cheap ham radio is today and of course they don't believe me. Plug those numbers into an inflation calculator: $389 in 1979 is the equivalent to $3,163.06 in $2024 and that is for a single band VHF mobile transceiver. HTs cost about the same then. So a single band HT which in 1979 was crystal controlled (you had to buy a set of crystals for every local repeater at additional cost) cost approx. $3000 in today's money. 1979 was the year I got my license. I was in high school and worked part time for minimum wage: $3.35/hour
I'm guilty of complaining about the prices because I know how cheap they can sell it compared to other consumer items but you're absolutely right if you look at the cost of what things were with inflation we are getting one hell of a deal
Wonder what year he went silent key. Im current cleaning the radio. They removed all the knobs and put them in an ultrasonic cleaner and I've been cleaning the case and gave it a little bit of Armor All
That looks like it could be a good backup 2M radio, once the peculiarities are worked out. I have a question, does it cost more or is that much harder to include SSB on a monoband radio by the the big four? Thanks for sharing. 73. KC3UEE
Yes it cost more. No one makes a ssb 2m monoband radio anymore. Only way to get 2m ssb is buying a ft991a or a icom ic7100. Or find used radios. If they made 2m AM radios ssb would be possible but they dont. Believe it or not there's actually a 2-meter a.m. net that they hold in Phoenix Arizona
@hamradiohack ok, thanks for the info. 👍
Look up the callsigns in an online callsign book from 1979 or so. You should be able to me to find out the owners of those callsigns from back then.
N7afy Scott congdon Sumner wa in 1989 anyway
I tell new hams how cheap ham radio is today and of course they don't believe me. Plug those numbers into an inflation calculator: $389 in 1979 is the equivalent to $3,163.06 in $2024 and that is for a single band VHF mobile transceiver. HTs cost about the same then. So a single band HT which in 1979 was crystal controlled (you had to buy a set of crystals for every local repeater at additional cost) cost approx. $3000 in today's money. 1979 was the year I got my license. I was in high school and worked part time for minimum wage: $3.35/hour
I'm guilty of complaining about the prices because I know how cheap they can sell it compared to other consumer items but you're absolutely right if you look at the cost of what things were with inflation we are getting one hell of a deal
Thar mic is rare, got one with my IC251a....won't work properly without it...pd $60 for mic
1993 - KB6QYY N Donald L Theriault Jr, 218 Sierra Way, Chula Vista
Wonder what year he went silent key. Im current cleaning the radio. They removed all the knobs and put them in an ultrasonic cleaner and I've been cleaning the case and gave it a little bit of Armor All