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.
 RW> Wish I'd known it existed, I would have bought one way back then.
 I wish I could find one that hasn't been butchered to hell and a 
and-basket.
 I can't see why someone spends thousands of hard-earned dollars on a radio 
or options for it then goes finger-poking into a perfectly working piece of 
gear.
 If it ain't broke DON'T F!@# WITH IT!
 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.
 RW> I can imagine.  I bought my 520 before I had a ham license and two
 RW> of the 10mtr positions had an 11mtr high-band crystal in it for years.
 Sounds like a few FT-101 series rigs that were floating around the hamfests 
a few years back. All the radios were for sale from the same guy and all of 
them had 11m crystals in the 10m slots.
 One poor foll paid $300 for a `mint' condition FT-101-E only to find that 
the 10 and 12m bands had crystals in them allowing coverage form 26.0 up thru 
10m and from 25.0 to 26.0 in the 12m slot.
 Not nice.
 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.
 RW> How many TV-502's have you found?  I've been looking for one of those 
or
 RW> years.  Not that I'll ever get on 2mtr SSB...
 None.
 Rare as the transverters for the Yaesu FT-101 series for 2m and 6m.
 Those that have them won't let them go and the ones that are for sale are in 
sad shape and many need expensive repairs.
 I chose to go with mono-band,all-mode rigs here for my VHF/UHF station 
rather than a multi-band type rig.
 At the time I decided any radio for a VHF/UHF band I was going to be active 
on
from the home had to be an all-mode one rather than FM only.
 I may yet get a transverter for 220MHz and feed it with a 28MHz If from one 
of my 10m rigs as the 220 all-mode gear is dear and -very- pricey here.
 RD>> I was lucky enough to find the external filtered speaker and
 RW> I bought the Speaker and the external analog VFO way back then too. 
pted
 RW> for a D-104 mic though...with the built-in speech amp of the 520, it's a
 RW> killer..
 Have you tried any of the old Turner desk mics?
 Turner `Super Side-kick' and a Turner +2 desk pre-amp kick but on the 530.
 Astatics I'm not too fond of as they have a tendancy to pick up every little 
noise in the house if you set them up to high on their pre-amp gain.
 I usually set them to 1/8 of a turn on the amplifier pot on the mic,then use 
the radio's controls to amp it form there.
 The battery lasts about a year longer than normal and you get less of that 
hollow room sound.
 RD>> TS-530-S options I can for it. Guess I'll keep hunting through
 RD>> hamfests and hope to find what I need.
 RW> Let me know what your willing to pay and I'll keep my eyes open.
 I may go as much as $50 CDN for the non-amplified MC-50 or -60 desk mic as 
long as it is in good condition. (no dents or deep scratches)
 The VFO is tricky as I have no idea what they would go for used,in excellent 
to good condition. (no fingers been poking inside it)
 The SM-220 station monitor scope has gone for as low as $275 CDN (missed 
hat
one by a lousy 5 minutes..) to as much as $375 CDN and some even $500.
 I guess it is how bad you want something and how much you're willing to pay 
to get it that makes the selling price.
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