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Geoffrey S. Mendelson · November 23rd 06, 04:51 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
FT101. It has been too long, 25+ years, since I last used an FT101, so
there
are too many versions fo me to be sure which version it is.

FT-101z or zd to be exact. I'll have to look.

An early hybrid, transistor receive, vacumm tube TX. Nice beginner ham
HF rig
back then.
http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/ft101.htm

This show has enough humour that if I ration it correctly it will last
a decade!

While it has it's moments, and a few "inside jokes" like the fake Rolex,
it's not really funny.

Of course it might be because I live in a safe part of a country that was
under constant missle attack for over a month. In the north, several
hundred rockets arrived each day, destorying the infrastructure, killing
people, wiping out crops and livestock and forcing people to live in
shelters for over a month.

We still are being hit with rockets in the south, killing people and
destroying homes, schools and jobs, every day.

To you it's one big joke because you are so well informed and so smart,
to me it's a prohpetic vision a world filled with ignorant people
who little or no practical education and average intelligence.

To keep it on subject that's why I check the battery in my FR-200 once
a month to make sure it will take a charge. The original one died.

On the other hand, I'm working on things that would help prevent the
ignorance highlighted in Jericho, but that's beyond the scope of this
newsgroup.

Geoff.

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