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ADAMCLUTHA
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 15, 2008 00:22
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New mobile rig
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This is a great little rig to use mobile
I have borrowed a DR130T since I got my callsign, ZL4ASC in january 2008 and its exellent to opperate mobile hardely need to take my eyes off the road.
I was running with a mag mount antenna but now I have bought myself a VHF set and it just by chance happens to be a DR130T.
I have it Mounted down beside the Gear shift and a dual band antenna on a boot lip mount works great.
The one I bought has 20 memorys and the one I was lending has 100 and mine has a dtmf microphone.
The radio gets very hot on 50 watts and warm on 5 watts (pray for my passengers leg!)
next thing is to find a dualband radio for the car I like the look of the 2720 Icom or 8800 Yaesu but we'll see what happens
Adam Campbell, 16 years old
ZL4ASC
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JDWYER
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Rating: 5/5
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May 6, 2008 19:23
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nice radio
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Just received the DR130 on Ebay. The radio has great transmit and receive audio, it's easy to program, and I can access all repeaters within forty miles with my 5/8 wave antenna. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles which is fine by me but I wish it had the capability to skip memory channels in scan - my only nit pick.
AOK
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KF6NBF
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 30, 2007 14:17
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Good simple rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had this rig for 4 years now (got it used). It's so simple to program and use, sound quality is great for TX and RX. The only things I wish were better:
A)I wish it had auto-repeater offset
B)Better intermod rejection.
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KC7RIY
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 31, 2007 11:07
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Good little radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had this radio for about two years now. It was installed in a 1984 F-150. The only problem I have with it is that the mic is too sensitive and picks up everything in the background. This radio would be a good choice in a packet installation or echolink under low power, as the high setting causes the radio to get extremely hot after a while. This radio DOES need more than average ventilation on either setting. Even so, it's a rugged little radio.
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KC9JUM
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 21, 2007 21:52
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Another Alinco Classic!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used this Radio for 8 YEARS, and I bought it used. This is the quintessential Alinco classic radio. No frills, just great performance. Yes I have from time to time had to repair it. The radio had blown finals when I purchased it. No clue if that was the fault of the radio or the owner, so I won't mark it down there. After 6 years of use the MIC stopped working. No big deal, the MIC looked well used even when I got it. A search on Ebay netted a EMS-11 cast off from an DR-M06 user. One of the backlights went out for a while, but it later came back on. I love this radio. It's currently mobile mounted with a DR-430T.
A couple knocks, These come with only 20 memories and no tone decoder. You can add a decoder and 80 more memories for a total of 100. Mine came with these goodies added on.
Ohh yeah, some Bonehead on here put a DR-135T picture up there...
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KE5MBX
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 31, 2007 10:09
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Good radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This radio does nearly everything I need. It has more power than I need (50 watts) and is extremely durable. I bought mine for $20 at a pawn shop as a kid. The radio came with a CITIZENS BAND magmount antenna, but still works great (now that it's on a proper antenna)... that's durability. The only problem with this radio is the mere 20 channels of memory. CTCSS tones, repeater offset, and DTMF tones make this a robust mobile with everything I need.
The DR-130 can be easily modified to transmit 130-173.99, which is only legal to use in an emergency.
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KD6JDM
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 13, 2005 19:40
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reliable mobile/base rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought mine used in 2001 for $120, including an Astron power supply that is adequate for my SG 2020 HF rig, but not for the DR-130 running 50 watts.
Brought it into the house when I shifted the 2-meter rigs around.
My only complaint is minor: there seems to be no way to defeat the automatic off-set on repeater frequencies. In order to transmit simplex on a repeater frequency one must set the off-set to zero.
Upshot is that I have one memory channel for the local repeater and one for the repeater output with zero off-set.
The 100 memory channel upgrade would be nice. May look into it.
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KC4TDM
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Rating: 5/5
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May 23, 2005 08:43
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Nice radio!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've owned mine since 1994..no problems. The picture above is not the DR-130T.
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PU1-MLL
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 16, 2004 10:49
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Fantastic Rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I´m using since 2002 and all I have to say is "Congratulations Alinco". Easy and simple. I´m very happy with DR-130. In my opinion, you can use it.
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WH6PL
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 30, 2003 09:26
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Love the Rig!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've owned my DR-130 since 1994 and truly love the performance of this rig. I've never had a problem with the rig getting too hot when transmitting on high power, since most of the time I'm using the 5 watt setting with an MFJ 5/8 wave 2m antenna. But whenever I do run on high power, I have cool air blowing onto the heat sink to help keep it cool.
I've got a Nissan P/U, and the rig is installed just under the storage compartment under the music radio. There is an air vent behind my DR-130, and whenever I need more power, I have the fan blowing air onto the heat sink to keep the unit cool during operations. But for most of the time, all I use is just 5 watts.
I like the DR-130 because of its ease of use and functionality. It's nice to have bells and whistles, but easy programming is one feature I truly adore.
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