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|    Corey Reichle to Kent Timm    |
|    Re: great 1st contact on new rig    |
|    11 Aug 16 08:13:47    |
       KT> I just got the radio I've been drooling over almost since i got my        KT> license 6.5 years ago, a Yaesu Ft-950 :) So last night I got my home        KT> made interface for digital rewired for it (I do a lot of JT65) and got        KT> on the air, I called CQ just once and got a VK contact on the first try!        KT> Pretty good for about 3am and the first contact on my new used radio..         KT> Maybe I'm over excited on this.. but just had to say it:)        KT>               Congrats on the first QSO! The 950 is a really nice rig, although, I really,       really, really am waiting on the 897D's "real" replacement. I'm more a       "shack in a box" kinda guy.              "There's no place like ::1"              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A30 (Raspberry Pi)        * Origin: Solar Pi BBS (1:267/154)    |
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