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Old April 29th 10, 07:51 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
Paul W. Schleck[_3_] Paul W. Schleck[_3_] is offline
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In =?iso-8859-1?B?S9hIQg==?= writes:

"John from Detroit" wrote in message
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As to being open to real progress.. For many decades we have pushed the
progress forward.. to this day Hams still use better hardware than the
military in many cases... Why.. Because hams designed it, not military
engineers.


Better in what way?


I don't know of any amateur equipment, including the latest $10K stuff from
the JA engineers, which is as capable or durable as the most basic military
communications equipment.


73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy
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Hans,

What's your take on the "MIL-STD 810" compliance of some Yaesu gear?

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-810

For example:

VX-5R 50/144/430 Triple-Band Heavy Duty FM Transceiver:

http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...A08D8CCC25 17

FT-2600M Heavy-Duty VHF FM Transceiver:

http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...5&isArchived=1

FT-600 Compact High Performance HF Transceiver:

http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...5&isArchived=1

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73, Paul W. Schleck, K3FU

http://www.novia.net/~pschleck/
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