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| Reviews Summary for AZDEN PCS-6000H |
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K2ROK
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Rating: 4/5
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Sep 27, 2005 14:32
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Hot receiver, nice solid rig
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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For it's time this must have been quite a radio to unpack and enjoy in the 80s. Today, it does not do anything as easy as modern-day rigs, but I am enjoying this radio.
Programming is cumbersome, or more like, odd. Obviously things in that department have smoothed out and make more sense in today's offerings from radio manufacturers.
Azden certainly made a solid rig with a nice, sharp receiver. It is very sensitive, but the audio is a little too sharp. Could use a little more bass response. Reminds me of my Icoms, but with more sharpness and tin in the audio.
Display is nice, clean and easy on the eyes. The size of the rig is perfect and similar to most rigs of today.
Mic is lightweight, but feels rugged and almost commercial-grade in some respects.
The real shame is that Azden is no longer in the ham radio business. Their later products in the 90s were something to contend with, and looked sharp and worked great from owners of the equipment.
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KB3LKW
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 16, 2005 11:35
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Great radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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(KB3LKW)This is a great little radio,I have hit repeaters 45 miles away with a copper J-pole stuck in the ground in my front yard.This radio is easy to program compared to some other rigs I have.Read the manual a few time and you will get the hang of it.Although with out a manual it will be very diffecult to program this radio.Great output on high of 52 watts on mine and around 25 on low power.Has the am aircraft freq. capabilities.I give this radio a 5 because of the performance of the radio not because diffeculty in programing.If you want to bash the manual give it a 3 or 4 not the radio.If you can find on $150.00 is worth investing in this radio. 73's
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N3HKN
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Rating: 4/5
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May 4, 2002 13:39
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Nice Used Market Rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I agree with the entirety of the previous review. Rugged and reliable is the best description. Programming memoris is wierd but you catch on. Find one-buy it. I still have mine but now relegated to the shelf because I won a new radio at a hamfest.
N3HKN
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WB4M
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Rating: 4/5
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May 3, 2002 23:15
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Solid 2mtr xcvr
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I just noticed that there were no reviews for this rig so thought I'd be the first, hi.. I bought this radio back around 1986, and have had it ever since. I guess for a radio from it's release date in the mid '80's it is a pretty good one. I have not had a single problem with it other that dropping the mic, but that's not the rig's fault. It has basic features that are standard on 2 meter rigs of today, scanning, a handful of memory channels (20) TT mic, and power output of 10 watts low/50 watts high. I've used this rig as a mobile, then dedicated to 2 meter FM phone as a base unit and then used with a local DX packet cluster.
The only real gripe I have with this rig is the difficulty in programming the memories. Forget about doing it while mobile, unless you make me the beneficiary to your life insurance policy. You have to go through a series of steps to program in the Xmit freqs, offset, and sub-audible tones.. For instance, if you are driving and find a repeater on 146.67, you cannot simply set the dial to 146.67 and select -600 offset and start talking.
But the programming pain is the only complaint I have and therefore give it a 4. It's a good rig that could be had real cheap at a hamfest.
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