Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:19 AM 07/28/10, you wrote: GE PR36, shudder! A brick with wires that easily broke when the case was opened or shut. Not a nice radio to have on the bench. I ran a Portamobile 1 on 52.525 about 10 years ago, guess I'll have to dig it out of the storage and see what shape it's in these

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-28 Thread Milt
at the jerk in the back seat of the cruiser. Milt N3LTQ - Original Message - From: La Rue Communications To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) How about a GE PR 36? Does

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-28 Thread John Gleichweit
Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr From: La Rue Communications laruec...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 2:20:12 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age

[Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread skipp025
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.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread La Rue Communications
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:00 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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread Ken Arck
And for your SoCal types.. I remember seeing Dick McKay walking around the Sahara in Vegas, talking into a Motorola mic (with just the coil cord hanging down) and listening on '94. This was during SAROC in the 70's Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread Pointman
Boy, I must be old...I actually remember those radios. de KM3W From: La Rue Communications laruec...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 12:07:58 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) I have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread George Henry
I still have a working HT-200 on 2 meters... (and a vibrator-supply 50's mobile on 34/94!) George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 9:00:36 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)   Allow

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread larryjspamme...@teleport.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) I still have a working HT-200 on 2 meters... (and a vibrator-supply 50's mobile on 34/94!) George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread John Gleichweit
-507 http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr - Original Message From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 7:00:36 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) Allow me to show my age

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread Captainlance
Message - From: John Gleichweit To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread La Rue Communications
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's) Wow.. memories... A Link 50UFS low band base station.. We have one here, too... Still works. Lance N2HBA - Original Message - From: La Rue

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread Tim
Ok, since it appear to be nostalgia time... Back in 70/71, my aunt gave me a call about getting rid of some radio equipment in a storage room. She and her husband had owned the checker cab company in San Antonio. I went down looked, and found a 'treasure trove' of goodies. Frankly, at the