Hi Richard,

Richard Clark wrote:
And especially for such a small form factor. Most of the reviews
I've
seen have been quite positive. The few negatives were about
software.
However, I would point out that in regard to my last maxim about you
never building just one antenna; you never own just one rig. Get a
"beater" that you can get a soldering iron into without melting the
front panel at the same time. Maybe even one with (gasp) tubes. The

Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, I think I am slowly learning the fact
that I should have multiple radios and antennas in hand.

Also, invest in a decent battery (car battery size) using your power
supply as a float charger. Then you can even out the power
shortages.

Ok..

In this case, however, a tube rig may be stretching the limits of a
battery. In that case, think of 20-25 year old transistor rigs
(where
the ICs are TTL only). This stuff is easily field serviceable (I
know, because I've raised several from the dead).

Ok.


This is all part of the "flexibility" you should plan on, as I also
mentioned before.

Ok. Thanks for all the suggestions. So, now I have to do quite a lot of
work to get back on air with a "decent SWR".

73
Ramakrishnan, VU3RDD