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| Reviews Summary for Q-MAC HF-90 |
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Reviews: 6
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Average rating: 4.2/5
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MSRP: $7,563.95
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Description: Q-MAC Electronics is the designer and manufacturer of the HF-90 Compact Transceiver - the world's smallest high performance HF SSB transceiver, suited to civilian and military/paramilitary applications.
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More info: http://www.qmac.com/
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KE7JSL
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 9, 2009 15:34
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Simple and works
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have the Mini Pack. Only one minor flaw. Soldered battery connections. Simple Windows programing. Field programmable. 10w or 50w output. I was looking for picnic table portable with extra power if needed, battery friendly, no menus, few cables, and just works well. The HF-90 does just that.
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9W2ECG
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Rating: 2/5
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Mar 6, 2009 04:03
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thin antenna tuner coil that i don't like
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I'm technical guy , repairing communication equipments. Our local search and rescue team used HF-90 manpack for 2++ years.
positive points:
1) compact, robust
2) good automatic antenna tuner, easy to tune.
Negative points:
1) ptt mic looks not as robust/ solid as normal mobile ptt unit, speaker sounds thin.
2) ptt mic wire end protected with transparent sleeve/tubing which is too hard and cut into wires.need replace it from time to time.
3) antenna tuner used thin copper wire for the matching coil, I've never seen such thin copper wires in other antenna tuner, even qrp tuners used thicker than this TA-90 antenna tuner.
4)they're not answering my email :-(
sorry for the low rating, just because I'm technical guy. Doesn't means that the HF-90 will not perform, Infact, its a good compact HF set, just don't like the negative points that mentioned above.
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VK6BOS
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Rating: 3/5
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Aug 1, 2004 00:48
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Configuration options
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have the Minipack System /International option.
See QMAC WEBSITE for the various configurations available.
Also have Vehicle package (TA-90 tuner,etc).
Positive points:
Compact,Rugged,simple to operate,good quality finish.
Negative points:
I have discovered that this radio needs major mods if changing over to other configurations.
Apart from that seems to be performing to expectations.
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RANGER100
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 24, 2003 10:06
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Excellent
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Have used HF-90 portable set for 4-5 yrs as SES volunteer. Small, light,Easy to use, reliable, set up in seconds and easily set up for base operations. beats the hell out of the old Wagners we used to have.
We use Codan 9323 in vehicles so have experience with both
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VK6BOS
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 11, 2003 07:50
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EmComm rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This radio could be set up as a Emergency Hf communication station in a matter of minutes.
I have found it easy to program and can be used also as a Qrp set up.
It is rugged and as the manufacturers claim rightly...small enough to carry in any enviroment.
High performance specs radio.
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SAMRUTHERFORD
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 20, 2002 03:17
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Very, very good!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Used it for 5 months in desert in Australia, great bit of kit. Will be using it in Africa end of the year.
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