I guess its late 70's early 80's, I was going to put on the other
emergency frequency 2187 or something. I was going to try to get
wefax and email, or sattilite, but these things are not really thaT
IMPORTANT TO ME, a couple of channels to talk to ppl back in nz, and
anything else useful. It looks like a really good quality set with
little use. It dosen't have tubes its not that old

Ps: what are you on about ken?





On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:43:41 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Twelve is kind of limiting. Do you plan on using the SSB to
receive weatherfax? An older radio probably won't do well
in the digital modes like Sailmail or Winlink. There is a pretty
good book with a silly name "Marine SSB for IdiYachts".
It has good coverage of the useful frequencies and what
they are used for. How old is this radio? Does it have tubes

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Phill" wrote in message
.. .
hi i recently purchased an old ssb radio, the freqencies are set by
crystals and it has the ability to have twelve channels, I have no
idea which are the channels i shoul install for extended cruising,
partcularly in the pacific.

It already has 2182

please help

phill

"Phill" wrote in message
...
hi i recently purchased an old ssb radio, the freqencies are set by
crystals and it has the ability to have twelve channels, I have no
idea which are the channels i shoul install for extended cruising,
partcularly in the pacific.

It already has 2182


try www.marine-radio.co.nz and buy the book New Zealand Marine Radio
Handbook

"Phill" wrote in message
...
hi i recently purchased an old ssb radio, the freqencies are set by
crystals and it has the ability to have twelve channels, I have no
idea which are the channels i shoul install for extended cruising,
partcularly in the pacific.

It already has 2182


try www.marine-radio.co.nz and buy the book New Zealand Marine Radio
Handbook

Thanks Mike


On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:11:59 +1300, "Mike" wrote:


"Phill" wrote in message
.. .
hi i recently purchased an old ssb radio, the freqencies are set by
crystals and it has the ability to have twelve channels, I have no
idea which are the channels i shoul install for extended cruising,
partcularly in the pacific.

It already has 2182


try www.marine-radio.co.nz and buy the book New Zealand Marine Radio
Handbook

Thanks Mike


On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:11:59 +1300, "Mike" wrote:


"Phill" wrote in message
.. .
hi i recently purchased an old ssb radio, the freqencies are set by
crystals and it has the ability to have twelve channels, I have no
idea which are the channels i shoul install for extended cruising,
partcularly in the pacific.

It already has 2182


try www.marine-radio.co.nz and buy the book New Zealand Marine Radio
Handbook

Phill wrote:

Ps: what are you on about ken?

Doesn't matter, does it? People who put up messages like that don't need
actually to know anything to appear witty, informed, sophisticated. It's an
example of the 'wink wink, nudge nudge' school in the best Python tradition.
It's tricky in actual conversation, because if questioned the self-styled wit
may not be able to escape, and it most often turns out that the person can't
really contribute anything. But on a newsgroup one can be anonymous and back
away at any time.

And no-one ever needs to know...

Phill wrote:

Ps: what are you on about ken?

Doesn't matter, does it? People who put up messages like that don't need
actually to know anything to appear witty, informed, sophisticated. It's an
example of the 'wink wink, nudge nudge' school in the best Python tradition.
It's tricky in actual conversation, because if questioned the self-styled wit
may not be able to escape, and it most often turns out that the person can't
really contribute anything. But on a newsgroup one can be anonymous and back
away at any time.

And no-one ever needs to know...

He said "extended crusing in the Pacific" and wants to use a 25 year old
12-chan SSB with crystals. It's quite foolish to contemplate such cruising
with an archaic, limited radio upon which one's life might depend. It's
prone to failure, and parts and repair services are next to impossible to
find. Extended crusing means the sensible mariner will want to tap into
weather nets, cruiser nets and the like -- all kinds of frequencies which
may not be known in advance for which crystals are unavailable. Advice: Get
a modern SSB and be done with it. If money's the issue, work a few weeks
longer.

Who's Ken?

And just what did you contribute Chuck? Zip. Nada. It figures.
--
Eliminate "ns" for email address.
"Chuck Bollinger" wrote in message
news:izKAb.450586$HS4.3531094@attbi_s01...
Phill wrote:

Ps: what are you on about ken?

Doesn't matter, does it? People who put up messages like that don't need
actually to know anything to appear witty, informed, sophisticated. It's
an
example of the 'wink wink, nudge nudge' school in the best Python
tradition.
It's tricky in actual conversation, because if questioned the self-styled
wit
may not be able to escape, and it most often turns out that the person
can't
really contribute anything. But on a newsgroup one can be anonymous and
back
away at any time.

And no-one ever needs to know...

He said "extended crusing in the Pacific" and wants to use a 25 year old
12-chan SSB with crystals. It's quite foolish to contemplate such cruising
with an archaic, limited radio upon which one's life might depend. It's
prone to failure, and parts and repair services are next to impossible to
find. Extended crusing means the sensible mariner will want to tap into
weather nets, cruiser nets and the like -- all kinds of frequencies which
may not be known in advance for which crystals are unavailable. Advice: Get
a modern SSB and be done with it. If money's the issue, work a few weeks
longer.

Who's Ken?

And just what did you contribute Chuck? Zip. Nada. It figures.
--
Eliminate "ns" for email address.
"Chuck Bollinger" wrote in message
news:izKAb.450586$HS4.3531094@attbi_s01...
Phill wrote:

Ps: what are you on about ken?

Doesn't matter, does it? People who put up messages like that don't need
actually to know anything to appear witty, informed, sophisticated. It's
an
example of the 'wink wink, nudge nudge' school in the best Python
tradition.
It's tricky in actual conversation, because if questioned the self-styled
wit
may not be able to escape, and it most often turns out that the person
can't
really contribute anything. But on a newsgroup one can be anonymous and
back
away at any time.

And no-one ever needs to know...

"Len Krauss" wrote in message
...
He said "extended crusing in the Pacific" and wants to use a 25 year old
12-chan SSB with crystals. It's quite foolish to contemplate such
cruising
with an archaic, limited radio upon which one's life might depend. It's
prone to failure, and parts and repair services are next to impossible to
find. Extended crusing means the sensible mariner will want to tap into
weather nets, cruiser nets and the like -- all kinds of frequencies which
may not be known in advance for which crystals are unavailable. Advice:
Get
a modern SSB and be done with it. If money's the issue, work a few weeks
longer.

Although I agree with all other arguments, I think that a 25 year old radio
with it's discrete components is easier to repair than a modern one, stuffed
with microchips and fine-pitch surface mount components.

Meindert