From netcomsv!decwrl!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!link.ph.gmr.com!vbreault Thu May 20 21:27:24 PDT 1993 Article: 40055 of rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!link.ph.gmr.com!vbreault From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HTX-202 going on sale Date: 20 May 93 10:19:12 Organization: General Motors Research Labs Lines: 17 Distribution: na Message-ID: References: <9305140227.AA02555@ginzo.wellfleet> <1993May19.180438.11728@alsys.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rinhp750.gmr.com In-reply-to: wa2ise@netcom.com's message of Thu, 20 May 1993 05:28:52 GMT In article wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) writes: Also got the extended warrenty (5 years, $40). That would be the "Tandy Service Plan". It's the best $40 you'll spend. I wish I had something like that when I accidently dropped my two week old, top-o-the-line $500 icom and snapped off a battery rail. I said it was a design defect but icom said it was abuse and that it wasn't covered. A replacement battery for the icom cost half again as much as that TSP. (In all fairness, after a phone call two letters and several months time, icom agreed to replace the battery "this time only".) -- Val Breault - N8OEF - vbreault@gmr.com \ /| Instrumentation dept GM NAO R&D Center \ / | My opinions are not necessarily those of \ /__| GMR nor of the General Motors Corporation \/ |___ From netcomsv!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nuts2u.enet.dec.com!little Thu May 20 21:30:36 PDT 1993 Article: 40068 of rec.radio.amateur.misc Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nuts2u.enet.dec.com!little From: little@nuts2u.enet.dec.com (nuts2u::little) Subject: Re: Intermod/spurious sigs a common HT problem? Message-ID: <1993May20.163121.22366@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> Sender: usenet@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation References: Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 18:31:13 GMT X-Posted-Via: NEWS-NOTES gateway (a hack!) Lines: 15 Most seem to agree that an HT doesn't make a great mobile, but the complaints about intermod need to be tempered by the fact that not *all* HTs suffer from serious intermod when used with an outside antenna. I've heard many reports that the HTX-202 doesn't have this problem, and I have as yet to hear an intermod problem on my FT-727R when using it mobile with a Diamond NR-770R on a magmount. I've used it in a number of cities on trips and have never heard any intermod problems. On the other hand, the front end isn't wider than a barn door as is the case with many newer HTs. :-) If you want an HT to receive DC to light, don't be suprised if it *always* receives DC to light. 73, Todd N9MWB