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   -=> Don Lowery wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    DL> When I bought my FT-450 about 10 years ago...looked at your Icom. Hard   
    DL> to believe they are still building/selling them. Have also been   
    DL> thinking (if I can find it)...getting the 80 M loop for the   
    DL> SuperAntenna & joining the Sunday morning Net on 80 from Idaho.   
      
   The 718s remain a popular radio: simple, easy to operate, and a rather   
   sensitive receiver.  The ham who owned my radio before was a radio tech and   
   due to his living in a noisy area turned down the sensitivity of the main   
   internal pre-amp so my 718 is not as sensitive as it should be.  Once I can   
   afford it, I'll send my radio to be "reset" to factory condition.   
      
    DL> Nice!!! Am wondering how difficult it would be to compile FLDigi to run   
    DL> under OS/2? Many of the libraries should be available. Maybe it's time   
    DL> to contact the author to see what he says. If I could do the FT/JT   
    DL> modes...along with Hell & such...that would be a hell of a use for   
    DL> OS/2. For that matter...someone where the author of JT-65 & such should   
    DL> be smart enough to do a copy for OS/2.   
      
   You'd have to port fltk to OS/2 which may or may not be easy.  QT5 is in the   
   process of being ported to OS/2 but it's neither cheap nor easy so it's   
   slow-going.  On my shack computer, I now have virtual machines for Windows 7   
   Pro, Windows 10 Pro, OS/2 Warp 4.52, ArcaOS Personal Edition 5.0.3, FreeDOS,   
   and a 32-bit version of Slackware Linux.  I'm covered. :D   
      
   I think I'm going to order some more wire as it seems I cut my 40 meter   
   dipole too short by accident.  Works great as a 20 meter dipole. :D  This   
   time around, I'll just cut it to 80 meters and cover it all.  I have a big   
   MFJ-969 Versa Tuner Deluxe II (I think that's it) that can handle matching   
   pretty well.  There's almost no trees on the property I'm on right now so   
   everything has to be a low-altitude sloper.   
      
   I'm seriously considering getting a Jetstream JTV680 6-80 meter vertical   
   that doesn't require radials.  It's a compromise antenna for sure but it   
   would be a hell of a lot easier to put up in my current situation.  Comet   
   makes another version of this antenna but for $100 more ...   
      
   http://www.jetstream-usa.biz/product_info.php?products_id=68501   
      
   But for now, it's just all talk.  I've got to get my foot operated on and   
   then get back to work if I can.   
      
   73 DE KD5COL,   
   Sean   
      
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