From: "Jim Shorney" 
Subject: Re: [drakelist] Should I get rid of my 7 line?


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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:20:21 -0500, George,  W5YR wrote:

>I guess I am coming down on the side of NOT avoiding modern gear because of
>the possible inability to obtain some of the smart silicon that it uses. My
>experience has been that if it lasts a few weeks or months, it is good to
>go.


Thanks for the comments, George.  I dislike proprietary parts on
philosophical grounds, although it could be argued that our Drakes use
things like 'proprietary' bandswitches and such.  Ever seen a banswitch
in a Galaxy GT550?  Sheesh, talk about scary.  I avoid 'modern' HF rigs
just because I plain don't like the way they sound, but I have an ICOM
UHF FM rig that the PLL chip is unobtanium, and I scrapped a Yaesu
2-meter rig several years ago that had LCD cancer and I couldn't even
find a part from a junker.  I've seen the scrap heap of 'can't get the
part', and it's real.

73

Jim

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