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system: You are Mark Frilseth, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bob Albert about "FT-101 for sale".

They wrote:
BA> I have a Yaesu FT-101 for sale.  Over 100 Watts out, 10 through 160
BA> meters (no WARC bands), external speaker, CW filter, microphone, AC and
BA> DC power cords, spare set of final tubes.  Very clean.  Prefer local to
BA> me in southern CAlifornia but would ship if necessary.  Email address is
BA> bob.albert@juno.com and telephone is 818-894-2887.

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assistant: Hi, Bob!
What's the ballpark price on the rig, Bob? I've already got an ICOM IC-730 to
cover the WARC bands, but it doesn't reach down to 160.
Mark Frilseth N0LXX
Sysop: HamRadio Connection
n0lxx@goldengate.net
... Communication.. without it, everyone's a mushroom.
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system: You are Ivy Iverson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Jewkes about "XCVR info".

They wrote:
-=> On 08-06-97  19:18, John Jewkes said to Ivy Iverson, <=-
-=> About Cheap HF RX wanted-Reply,..." <=-
JJ> Hi IVY,
JJ> The OUTPUTS are Solid State.
JJ> EACH BAND has it's own Preamp to
JJ> the  finals, and the finals are able to handle up to 30:1 VSWR.The last
JJ> guy that  tuned it for me Did the adjusts all wrong, and with a power
JJ> meter and dummy  load, you can retune each band to the correct
JJ> operating output (200 CW in all  Bands).
JJ> I just haven't had time to do anything with it, and at
JJ> $50/hour for  bench time, I wasn't going to have that guy spend 4 or 5
JJ> hours on "fine  tuning".
JJ> All of the instructions for doing the fine tune are in the Manual.
JJ> And the Tuner needs the anti-backlash Spring Readjusted.
JJ> Check with your local repeater group. One or more members probably
JJ> worked at  one of the radio shops. Another resource, your local County
JJ> Services Radio  Shop.

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assistant: Hi, John;
GREAT!  I was worried about how much it would add to the electric bill! :-]
Hmmm... A relative power meter shouldn't be too hard to do, (FS meter
close to the dummy), but a 200W dummy might be difficult...
What kind of tool(s) is/are needed for the alignment, a small
screwdriver, nylon "diddle-sticks" like used for radio/TV alignment, or
something else?
Understandable!
Shouldn't be any problem.
Shouldn't be much of a problem as long as I can get to the durn thing. :-}
Thanks for the ideas.  The locals that I have talked to on 2M don't know
anything about Dentrons... but I'll keep looking if I need help.
BTW, how big a footprint does it have?  (I need to know how much space to
reserve for it on the desk).
Also, do you happen to have an old key lying around, (preferably one
with a shorting bar)?  If so, how much do you want for it?
Please pack up that xcvr... I think I will be sending you a M.O. in the
next few days.  (Let the other bills get a month behind).   :-}
BTW, since I have a CSCE for General written and there will be another
VEC exam here in a couple of months, I think I'll try to get a study
book for advanced and see if I can skip General.   :-]
Tnx es 73 DE KB9QPM
   Ivy
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system: You are Ivy Iverson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Roy Witt about "440 HT xtals".

They wrote:
-=> On 08-07-97  11:48, Roy Witt said to Ivy Iverson, <=-
-=> About 440 HT...,..." <=-
RW> 06 Aug 97 17:21, Ivy Iverson wrote to Roy Witt:
RW> Hello Ivy.
II> Thanks for the info.  I hope I can find good used crystals, (which is
II> why I keep mentioning it).  I am disabled and must depend on Social
II> (IN)Security, and $40 or so for crystals just doesn't fit my budget.
RW> Pass the crystal formula along and I'll look in my junk box...
RW>> ... I glue all my bills together. It's a mail bonding ritual.
II> Maybe I shouold try that?  :->
RW> Only works for guys...

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assistant: Hi, Roy;
Unfortunately, I didn't get a book with it, and it's been so long since I
have worked with this type of calculation, (Broadcast Engineering school
over 30 years ago)...  Well, lessee... (taking radio apart into about
thirty-eleven pieces)...   |-}  (Squinting)
As best I can read the stamps on the xtals:
440.300 uses a xtal marked 52.3625 - Almost exactly 27 X carrier frequency.
448.925 xtal is marked 53.4406. (Unsure of this one, almost impossible to
        read). - Almost exactly 27 X carrier frequency
445.300 uses a xtal marked 16.4925
443.925 xtal is marked 16.4416.
There is also a 71855.00 xtal on what appears to be the xmit side of the
board.
Hopefully this is enough to calculate the exact frequencies required.
(Sorry, I wish I could go farther with it, maybe you can).
What I need:
Xmit: 449.175 and 449.100
Rcv: 444.175 and 444.100
PL comb (Both channels): 102.7
I would sure appreciate it if you could find either pair, (444.175/449.175
is the most important).
Heh heh... I grabbed it and used it on another msg - had a female user
inform me that she had (unintentionally).  I won't finish the cute story
for fear of moderation.  Do you have access to netmail?   :-}
BTW, do you happen to have an old straight key lying around gathering
dust, (Preferably one with a shorting bar)?  If so, how much would you
want for it?
Many tnx es 73 DE KB9QPM
   Ivy
... Never pay bills on Monday - No noodles left over. -Confucious
... Support International BBS week - Peek in INTBBS_WK for details!
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system: You are Tom Nicholson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "FS: Svetlania 811A's".

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assistant: I have (19) Svetlania 811A's NEW UNUSED. These are
        able to be used in Collins 30L-1 amps.
        $20.00 each shipped conus.
        Tom Nicholson
        W1ALZ
        email  gunsrus@tiac.net
system: You are Andy Floyd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "OK!! WHO THE HELL IS DOING THIS!".

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assistant: OK.. So I found this echo, but I assure you and the moderator, THIS IS THE
ONLY POST I WILL PUT HERE.
 It seems I must explain myself.
 I post mainly to 3 echoes: Anime, Atari, and Atari ST. I have never posted
to THIS echo before, and I NEVER WILL AGAIN INTENTIONALLY!
 Somewhere along the line, it seems 2 messages supposedly from me got
rerouted into this echo. One was about Sailor Moon Merchandise (not 'garbage'
as I was so unkindly told in Private Netmail. Just because YOU don't collect
the stuff doesn't give you any right to tell someone they buy garbage. OK?)
 And another was weird. It had a listing of some users online here at
Cancomm. I will show that post to my Sysop (I got it sent to me in Internet
Email.) and see what is going on.
 SO PLEASE. I ask you to not bother me about erroneous routing errors and
assume I put it in the wrong place. I'm smarter than that, and I'm not some
little kid who thinks they're smart just because they have a computer. I'm 30
years old, and if anything of mine I post in another echo is ending up here,
I DIDN'T PUT IT THERE!
 It would have been best if I was asked "Did you post this in the wrong
echo?" I would have said "No, I put it in the Anime echo" which is where I
post most of the time anyway.
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ricky Hobson about "10 or 12 meter Wanted".

They wrote:
RH>That what i've been tring to say, im not yet.  I want to see if the gear
RH>will tear a hole in the wallet.  i'm 17 so I dont have all the money in
RH>the world, and am looking for a job.  I am tring to get everthing so I can
RH>get my call, and all the wonders that come with it.  Illegal cb gear is
RH>useless.  I run legal, guys near me run over 1000 watts, but thats not how
RH>I work cause I know in the end everybody gets theirs.  And at my age going
RH>through the test and everything is will be useless if I find out the gear
RH>that I am able to use will take me forever to afford.  You can ask jon and
RH>he will tell you that i'm telling the truth, we know each other quite
RH>well, he is able to do everything now cause he has a radio that his grampa
RH>gave him.  Well that is the whole story.  Thats why I posted about the
RH>gear, and I need a cheap price.  So that I can get a start.

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assistant: Ricky,
In that case, be sure and check out the message from Tom Daley.  He has
a 10 meter rig for $40 shipped.  They don't come much cheaper than that!
Good luck to you.
___
 X QMPro 1.53 X I still miss my ex-wife, but my aim is getting better.
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ivy Iverson about "440 Ht...".

They wrote:
II>Re; the 440 HT... Having a problem finding rocks for it... the durn
II>things are soldered in!  (I was hoping for sockets)...
II>ANYway, what do you know about the charger?  I bought a new 24 V 2 Amp
II>xfmr for it and put it in, (after checking every diode in the thing -
II>they all check good!), put in a new 1/2 A SB fuse, plugged it in and
II>dropped tradio in it.  About 3-4 minutes later I smelled something
II>warm - unplugged it, opened it up and out fell 2 1-watt resistors which
II>had come unsoldered from the board!  Everything in there was so hot,
II>(including the bottom, which serves as a heat sink), it was hard to
II>hang onto!  SHEESH!  I pray nothing major is fried!

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assistant: Ivy, if the problems become insurmountable for you, I'll take them off
your hands.  I bought the other radio from John (UPS is "storing" it for
me now) and could use another and the charger.
73 de WA6BIL
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 X QMPro 1.53 X Madness takes its toll; please have exact change.
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Scott Christensen about "RE: Gear for sale!!!".

They wrote:
SC>Jeff Kincaid writes in a message to Darryl Linkow
SC> JK> I guess they'll work on two meters. Right?
SC>Not with the 157-174 MHz VCO they won't.  These are
SC>strictly "government band" VHF high band radios.  You would
SC>have to change out the VCO (a non-trivial task) and re-tune
SC>the front end to get them down to the split that would be
SC>of interest.  (You would also have to have them re-
SC>programmed, but that's trivial if you have the software,
SC>RIB and cable.)

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assistant: Thanks for the confirmation, Scott.  I knew that, but was trying to be
subtle.  Blake?  Are you there???
73
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 X QMPro 1.53 X NO CARRIER?  How are we gonna land this modem?
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Darryl Linkow about "Gear for sale!!!".

They wrote:
DL>The above radios work on the frequencies indicated above, 157-174
DL>Mhz.  That is above 2 Meters. Of course, if you have the know-how
DL>and the replacement parts, you can modify the above radios to work
DL>on 2 Meters, but it takes just that - know-how and parts!!  This Fidonet
DL>newsgroup, as is indicated on my local BBS, is called "Radio Equipment
DL>For Sale".  This gear is indeed, radio equipment!!  If you are looking for
DL>two meter HT's, I have the following:

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assistant: Ah, then perhaps you are unaware that this is really the Ham-Sale Echo.
I'm not the moderator so I won't presume to tell you the rules, but I
will suggest that you read them.  I'm surprised Blake let you get away
with this for so long.
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 X QMPro 1.53 X I can't even *find* amok, let alone run one.
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Jewkes about "Cheap HF RX wanted-Reply".

They wrote:
JJ>        Just got the Dentron Back from shop...
JJ>        Radio is Serial #28 out of 52 they made...
JJ>        RX on 80-10 works fine, but also needs a little
JJ>fine tuning done there as well. Comes with Mike. I don't
JJ>have any spare CW Keys, Though. The Design is Consistent
JJ>with The Dentron Antenna Tuners and with the Dentron Line
JJ>of Power Amplifiers (Looks Good when you have them all!!!

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assistant: John, that sounds like a bit of a collector's item, something I didn't
know they'd made.  What's the model???  I have the antenna tuner and
amplifier...  :)
Regards...
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 X QMPro 1.53 X Fine: Tax for doing wrong; Tax: Fine for doing right
system: You are Jeff Kincaid, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Roy Witt about "Amazin' PL boards".

They wrote:
RW>Well, someone has done one better.  He sent me a Floppy
RW>Disk Mailer with the proper postage and labels to return
RW>the mailer.  So, Jeff Kinkaid has two encoders on their way
RW>in tommorow's outgoing mail...

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assistant: And they arrived this morning.  That was a quick turn around, Roy!
These boards are nicely done, and will enable me to put some old
Motorola PTs back in service without having to scrounge up the
"official" PL parts.  Thanks again!
___
 X QMPro 1.53 X Fine: Tax for doing wrong; Tax: Fine for doing right
system: You are Barbara Ann, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Joseph Worthington about "Re: For sale or Trade".

They wrote:
JW> EID:48ee 33eaca71
JW> Walt,
JW> I sent you an email offering you a trade, hope one or the other gets
JW> to you.
JW> I have an MJF1278 with all the updates (pactor, mail box, all the
JW> digital goodies) that I would swap straight across for your DX440.
JW> Leave me email: gjw@efn.org
JW> --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: Dr Rom BBS (1:152/21.0) Arrived:
JW> 08 Aug 97  14:49:40 SEEN-BY: 10/2 12/12 24/888 102/2 943 103/2
JW> 105/72 106/2000 112/2715 SEEN-BY: 114/262 441 116/158 117/100
JW> 124/1 125/33 130/1 133/2 SEEN-BY: 143/1 147/34 2021 154/222 157/2
JW> 110 167/166 170/400 SEEN-BY: 202/1207 213/213 218/907 219/300
JW> 231/1 244/1500 260/362 SEEN-BY: 261/1108 267/200 270/101 275/429
JW> 280/1 169 282/1 62 SEEN-BY: 282/1024 284/29 300/603 310/666 311/0
JW> 323/107 324/278 SEEN-BY: 343/1 100 108 300 400 500 600 346/250
JW> 352/3 356/18 SEEN-BY: 357/1 371/42 377/86 382/92 384/14 387/5 388/1
JW> 392/15 SEEN-BY: 396/1 45 397/1 730/2 823/1 2003/1 2442/0 2608/2
JW> 2808/100 SEEN-BY: 3401/1 3612/41 300 3615/50 3619/25 3632/21
JW> 3651/9 3652/1 SEEN-BY: 3667/1 3828/2 5100/8 PATH: 152/21 3 346/250
JW> 396/1 343/600 1

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assistant: In a message to Walt Mcbain <08-08-97 00:25> Joseph Worthington wrote:
Barbara Ann
contact me at  Barbara.Ann@Juno.com  what do you have in mind?
system: You are Darryl Linkow, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Kincaid about "Gear for sale!!!".

They wrote:
JK>DL>The above radios work on the frequencies indicated above, 157-174
JK>DL>Mhz.  That is above 2 Meters. Of course, if you have the know-how
JK>DL>and the replacement parts, you can modify the above radios to work
JK>DL>on 2 Meters, but it takes just that - know-how and parts!!  This
JK>DL>newsgroup, as is indicated on my local BBS, is called "Radio Equipment
JK>DL>For Sale".  This gear is indeed, radio equipment!!  If you are looking
JK>DL>two meter HT's, I have the following:
JK>Ah, then perhaps you are unaware that this is really the Ham-Sale Echo.
JK>I'm not the moderator so I won't presume to tell you the rules, but I
JK>will suggest that you read them.  I'm surprised Blake let you get away
JK>with this for so long.

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assistant: idonet
for
And again, this newsgroup is titled "Radio Equipment
For Sale" on my local BBS, NOT "Ham-Sale Echo".  If that really is
the correct name for the newsgroup, I suggest that the MODERATOR of
this newsgroup inform the owner of my BBS of the correct name, so that
he might change it here.  If that happens, I will restrict my ads
to ham gear as opposed to general radio gear.  As you are not the moderator,
I suggest to you that YOU are off-topic.  If you have any further comments
to me you are welcome to take it to Netmail or Internet Email.  73!
system: You are Ricky Hobson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Kincaid about "10 or 12 meter Wanted".

They wrote:
JK> RH>That what i've been tring to say, im not yet.  I want to see if the
JK> gear RH>will tear a hole in the wallet.  i'm 17 so I dont have all the
JK> money in RH>the world, and am looking for a job.  I am tring to get
JK> everthing so I can RH>get my call, and all the wonders that come with
JK> it.  Illegal cb gear is RH>useless.  I run legal, guys near me run
JK> over 1000 watts, but thats not how RH>I work cause I know in the end
JK> everybody gets theirs.  And at my age going RH>through the test and
JK> everything is will be useless if I find out the gear RH>that I am able
JK> to use will take me forever to afford.  You can ask jon and RH>he will
JK> tell you that i'm telling the truth, we know each other quite RH>well,
JK> he is able to do everything now cause he has a radio that his grampa
JK> RH>gave him.  Well that is the whole story.  Thats why I posted about
JK> the RH>gear, and I need a cheap price.  So that I can get a start.
JK> Ricky,
JK> In that case, be sure and check out the message from Tom Daley.  He
JK> has a 10 meter rig for $40 shipped.  They don't come much cheaper than
JK> that!
JK> Good luck to you.
JK> ___
JK>  X QMPro 1.53 X I still miss my ex-wife, but my aim is getting better.
JK> --- Maximus 3.01
JK>  * Origin: Long_Island RB VAX/EC (V34/HST) [310] 370-4113 (1:102/138)

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assistant: On (03 Aug 97) Jeff Kincaid wrote to Ricky Hobson...
Are there many people in that range?
... Ever notice how fast Windows runs?  Neither did I ...
system: You are William Thomas, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Icom IC-T21A Manul".

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assistant: Im looking for a manul for a Icom IC-T21A if anyone has a copy of this manul
could you please let me know . I have the radio but know manul you can Email
me at Thomas197@juno.com or contact me on this board
                                 Thanks Bill N1IWO
system: You are Ivy Iverson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham For Sale message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Kincaid about "440 Ht charger".

They wrote:
-=> On 08-04-97  18:51, Jeff Kincaid said to Ivy Iverson, <=-
-=> About 440 Ht...,..." <=-
II>Re; the 440 HT... Having a problem finding rocks for it... the durn
II>things are soldered in!  (I was hoping for sockets)...
II>ANYway, what do you know about the charger?  I bought a new 24 V 2 Amp
II>xfmr for it and put it in, (after checking every diode in the thing -
II>they all check good!), put in a new 1/2 A SB fuse, plugged it in and
II>dropped tradio in it.  About 3-4 minutes later I smelled something
II>warm - unplugged it, opened it up and out fell 2 1-watt resistors which
II>had come unsoldered from the board!  Everything in there was so hot,
II>(including the bottom, which serves as a heat sink), it was hard to
II>hang onto!  SHEESH!  I pray nothing major is fried!
JK>
JK> Ivy, if the problems become insurmountable for you, I'll take them off
JK> your hands.  I bought the other radio from John (UPS is "storing" it
JK> for me now) and could use another and the charger.
JK> X QMPro 1.53 X Madness takes its toll; please have exact change.

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assistant: Hi, Jeff;
Make me an offer I can't refuse, include shipping, and you got it.  I will
be adding a charging jack to it, (the only place there's room as far as I
can see), which was planned anyway as a backup charging port, so the chgr
isn't really necessary.  I will include the origional xfmr and the one I
installed, (I think I paid about $7-8 at Rat Shack).  The original one
should still be good... Happy playing!   :-}
Maybe some day I will search for chargers for both the 440 and the 2M,
which I never had either charger or book for.
The story of my life.   ;-}
WA6BIL DE KB9QPM - 73 es tnx
   Ivy
... I Ham what I Ham, & that's all what I Ham. -Popeye the Ham
... Fido is a sick puppy!  QUICK!  Get the vet at INTBBS_WK!
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