Hello Rob.
11 Oct 97 01:54, Rob Dennis wrote to Roy Witt:
 RD>
 RW>>>> TS-520 stored in a box since 1985...
 RD>>> Roy you wouldn't happen to have the digital VFO for the TS-520
 RD>>> would you?
 RW>> Didn't know there was such an animal...
 RD>
 RD>  Roy the Ts-520 and 530 had -two- external VFO units as options.
 RD>  The digital unit had a digital display and 5 or 6 memory
 RD> positions for your favourite frequencies and splits.
Wish I'd known it existed, I would have bought one way back then.
 RD>  The analog unit is easy to find,but the digital one is a rare
 RD> bird and most I have seen have been either scrap from
 RD> `finger-poking' attempts to gain illegal freqs,or plain
 RD> overpriced for the poor condition they are in.
I can imagine.  I bought my 520 before I had a ham license and two
of the 10mtr positions had an 11mtr high-band crystal in it for years.  When 
I put the 10mtr xtals back in, I put them in the wrong socket, so the band 
you select isn't the band portion you'll be Rx-Txmitting on.
 RD>  I've been looking for one for ages to complete my
 RD> TS-530
 RW> My TS-520 is kinda like that.  Some of the first models
 RW> came with a 12vdc cable.  The later versions don't have this
 RW>> feature.
 RD>
 RD>  All I need to complete mine is the monitor scope SM-220,the
 RD> digital VFO unit and the non-amplified MC-50 or MC-60 desk
 RD> microphone.
How many TV-502's have you found?  I've been looking for one of those for 
years.  Not that I'll ever get on 2mtr SSB...
 RD>  I was lucky enough to find the external filtered speaker and
 RD> the phone-patch unit for the TS-520/530 line at a hamfest last
 RD> year.
I bought the Speaker and the external analog VFO way back then too. Opted for 
a D-104 mic though...with the built-in speech amp of the 520, it's a killer..
 RD> TS-530-S options I can for it. Guess I'll keep hunting through
 RD> hamfests and hope to find what I need.
Let me know what your willing to pay and I'll keep my eyes open.
... Have a nice day    Unless you've made other plans!
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