Re: Worked All Chippenham? (Was : Re: G5RV spreaders?)

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On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:24:52 +1100, "Suzy" <not@valid> wrote:
I don't recall any digital readout 2M mobile from the 60s. Most of
the sets then, were rock-bound.

The first Yaesu 2m rig was the FT2F round about 1972, and it was
thought that it would never take off (and not in the homebrew 2m
converter sense!") because everyone on the same fixed frequency
of 144.48 and FM to boot wouldn't work out.

"Calling CQ and listening, tuning low to high!"


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