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   Kilroy_Was_Here (kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 14:44:02 JST Kilroy_Was_Here

   Took a look at the #Icom IC-7100 again. I was not aware that it had USB connectivity. Now that I know that, I'm definitely gonna go with that instead of the IC-7300, the remote head concept is gonna be a lot easier to work into my desk that's cluttered like a victorian professor's and make it easier to route coax. No need for a second VHF/UHF radio as well. From the videos I've seen, the screen is a lot easier for me to see than the IC-7300 too.

   #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 14:44:01 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @kilroy_was_here The 7100 is an amazing rig. I loved it so much, in fact, that, I bought one for my lab and one for my truck, and it's versatile enough to be perfect in both situations.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:05:25 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @kilroy_was_here what were these close calls you mention? I keep a mobile hooked up in the truck in part so I have it on hand for going up into the mountains. Easy to lose cellular up there.

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     Kilroy_Was_Here (kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:05:26 JST Kilroy_Was_Here

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail

     It seemed like a good multitasker like that. I'm like Alton Brown, I hate unitaskers! After a couple close calls I'll never have a mobile radio again, but I'll probably be buying a second one for various portable work. Seems like it would work well for portable when inside a parked car in winter, on a table or tripod in summer, and be nice and compact in the extremely unlikely case of disaster that requires evacuation.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:22:15 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @kilroy_was_here ah, got it. Yeah, those are dangerous situations and it's best to avoid them. In my truck, the 7100 remote head sits on a movable goose neck but is basically right next to the air conditioning controls and I don't touch the VFO. I just leave it on two repeaters and the touchscreen switches between them at the corners so I don't need to look. The mic sits in a cup holder. So everything is within a no-look reach.

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     Kilroy_Was_Here (kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:22:16 JST Kilroy_Was_Here

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail

     Almost went off the road reaching for the mike or tuning the VFO. Looking down at the radio, looking back up, and finding myself riding the center line, in the oncoming lane, or 10 MPH over the limit. Things like that.