Having sold off all my big boat anchor tube type transmitters a while back the only equipment I still had was a 2 meter transceiver and a Yaesu FRG-7000 receiver. Well that changed yesterday when I picked up a real nice Icom IC-735 transceiver at a hamfest. My first SS base transceiver. Let's see, I went from 100 lb transmitters to 11 lbs. Almost threw it over my shoulder it picked up so easy. Came with a nearly new Heil Silver ICM mic and stand. I've got her up and receiving but not transmitting yet. I need to mount a new dedicated antenna before I push that xmit button, my old longwire ain't gonna cut it at 100 watts. Looking to tinker with some 10 meter initially, see if I can hit my friend across the state, he's a 10 meter junky.
