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- From: scoggin@delmarva.com (John K. Scoggin, Jr.)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: Re: WANTED
- Message-ID: <1jsl26INNgc1@blackhole.delmarva.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 23:40:54 GMT
- References: <8520@lib.tmc.edu>
- Reply-To: scoggin@delmarva.com
- Organization: Delmarva Power & Light Company
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- In article 8520@lib.tmc.edu, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
- > In article <727802343.AA35276@remote.halcyon.com> David.Stark@f322.n2613.z1.fidonet.org (David Stark) writes:
- > > National Red Cross has supplier contracts for almost anything you
- > >would need for disaster communications. I believe the designated
- > >supplier for low band is Ritron. You should contact National for info.
- >
- > Yecccccch. I'd pay for a Motorola or GE before I'd take a Ritron for free.
- > The Ritrons I've seen have been unmitigated junk that don't last even as long
- > as Midland ham rigs. I'd stay far, far away.
- > --
- > Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- > jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
- > "I don't want to read poor Microsoft bashing. I want to read good
- > Microsoft bashing." -- Douglas A. Bell, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Me too!)
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- Did Ritron ever get away from using trim pots for setting the CTCSS tones?
- I recall that some of their radios used pots for this purpose - eventually
- vibration would get the radio off freq - the RF was OK, but you couldn't get
- the squelch to work...
-
- - John
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