Make that '52 or '53. Gotta remember, the "5" is in the middle!
--- In [email protected], "wb6dgn" <wb6...@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> "This is all before my time. When did Link stop making radios?"
>
> I may be off by a year or two but, best I can remember, it was about 1962 or
> 1963.
>
> --- In [email protected], "JOHN MACKEY" <jmackey@> wrote:
> >
> > This is all before my time. When did Link stop making radios?
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:43:52 PM PDT
> > From: "wb6dgn" <wb6dgn@>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: showing our age (old HT's)
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I cut my teeth on Link radios. In fact, I had a hard time adjusting to
> > Motorola. It always seemed that they took much more circuitry and, thus,
> > many
> > more parts, to do the same job (not any better) as Link. My first Links on
> > the ham band were the old 1905/2240 two box pair on the 146.2/146.8 repeater
> > in the SF Bay Area. From there I graduated to a 6000-30VR-C1, a very modern
> > (for the time) one piece unit. Also had some of the old 2975 Links on UHF.
> > Some interesting stories about that but for another time. As I got the
> > story,
> > Fred Link retired and sold the company. The successor produced radios for a
> > very short time but they did not maintain the Link reputation in any way.
> > Some of the ones I got looked like prototypes; not a finished product. A
> > rather inglorious end to a formerly great company.
> > > Tom DGN
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "Sid" <purvissid@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > RE: Link radios. My first ham station was a Link base unit on 40
> > something MHz given to me by the sheriff when they got new equipment. I
> > reworked all the tuning coils and moved it to 52.525 MHz and used it for
> > years. Those tubes looked nice at night with the lights off. Sid. WA4VBC
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], Captainlance <Captainlance@>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Wow.. memories... A Link 50UFS low band base station.. We have one
> > > > > here,
> > too... Still works.
> > > > > Lance N2HBA
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: La Rue Communications
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:20 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I think I automatically disqualify myself since I dont know too much
> > about our units. But one of the cornerstone pieces of our shop is our Link
> > Repeater.
> > > > >
> > > > > Im not trying to one up anyone - but rather share and get into the
> > > > > OLD
> > stuff with the rest of ya. I also dont think I qualify because I grew up on
> > CHiPs and Dukes of Hazard..... :) So overlook that little fact and let me
> > ask
> > if anyone has dabbled with this machine?
> > > > >
> > > > > (See attached)
> > > > >
> > > > > John Hymes
> > > > > La Rue Communications
> > > > > 10 S. Aurora Street
> > > > > Stockton, CA 95202
> > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: John Gleichweit
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:04 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Whaddaya mean lunchboxes don't count? I have a pair of GE
> > Portamobile II's in
> > > > > the shop just begging to be recrystalled and ready to rock. If
> > course, I was
> > > > > considering building those into APRS trackers or packet boxes,
> > > > > where
> > everything
> > > > > was built inside, and all you needed to do was plug in a laptop.
> > > > >
> > > > > I dug an actual GE "HandiTalkie" out of the bottom of a box that
> > > > > was
> > full of
> > > > > surplus stuff from the county. In that same lot was a couple of
> > MX300s.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE
> > > > > IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852
> > > > > List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507
> > > > > http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com
> > > > > http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > > > From: skipp025 <skipp025@>
> > > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > > Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 7:00:36 PM
> > > > > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Allow me to show my age ...
> > > > > > > To me, the HT-220 is/was a Xtal Controlled Ht !!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Allow me to show my age...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The HT here is a VHF Engineering 2 Meter Portable
> > > > > > assembled from a kit... and it still works.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > s.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ps: Surplus Motorola and GE Lunch Boxes don't count on
> > > > > > the bragging scale.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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