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Subject: bought myself a.............. Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:09 am
hi all,
i was dx-ing with a FT-817 for a while, but last week i came to an advert on the dutch marketplace where "some guy" wants to swap his transceiver for something else, so i did sent him a message with some photos of the 817. he took the bait, we talked a bit and came to a deal, without opening my wallet. we swapped thursday, and now its here standing in my little shack. and now i`m the proud owner of a Kenwood TS-570D, as new! hope to chitchat you all soon on this radio.
greets from Holland
Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:44 am
Nice share Peter.
If you're happy with the swap, then all is good!
Personally I'd have been gutted with losing VHF/UHF, (only applicable if you can use it), but the Kenwood does look nicer to 'drive' than the Yaesu.
All the best, Victor
Sydthecat CT Directors
Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 775 Times Thanked : 46 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 59
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:45 am
Well Peter that’s what I would call a result looks in nice condition too
Happy days
Craig
Gast Guest
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:15 pm
Hi Victor,
the loss of vhf/uhf isnt a problem. the bands on here are not used a lot. have an antenna for it, so if i going to miss it, i wil buy myself something for it.
@Graig; love this rig man, looks nice, sounds nice and have some more power in it
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4147 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:46 pm
Very nice, Peter.
Lumpy New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-4002 Posts : 7 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2021-02-17 QTH or Location : Glorious Devon Equipment Used : Kenwood TS570D EF longwire
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:17 pm
I am well pleased with mine i hope you have many a good contact with it!
Alan - Mirror Man Major contributor
Call Sign : 108CT233 Posts : 201 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-12-01 QTH or Location : Central Scotland Equipment Used : CRT SS9900 Beofeng UV5R Yaesu FTDX1200 CRT Micron CRT FP00 Sattelite 2000 antenna ZS6BKW X30 co-linear
Subject: Re: bought myself a.............. Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:13 pm
That looks like a cracking set and with conditions the way there are just now you will be pleased to have a little more power on hand I also found when I got a larger HF set the receive outperformed that of the smaller mobile model.
For all, you have lost VHF/UHF is it anything like where I am these frequencies are very quiet indeed and one of the small FM dual-band radios is more than adequate to get involved in any activity that is happening there I am yet to hear somebody locally use SSB on 2m I have heard some of the SOTA guys mention putting a call out for the few who do but I am just glad I haven't invested too heavily as my little handies and CRT Micron has me well covered.
I really noticed the difference going from an SS9900 (which I still use) on 11m for DX to the HF set, I am sure you will gain many hours of please from this, I know I certainly have!
Today at 7:53 pm by Nick100
Subject: bought myself a.............. 
looks in nice condition too
