Winter 2008

News
NEWSLETTER


Radio City

2663 County Road I
Mounds View, MN 55112
763-786-4475                    763-786-6513 - fax          
1-800-426-2891                radiocty@skypoint.com
www.Radioinc.com        

                                   

Store Hours:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-6pm
Thurs 10am-7:30pm
                      

Sat 10am-5pm                                 

                                                           



Upcoming Radio City Events:
Skywarn Classes :
March 17th, 2008  6-10pm
April 14th, 2008 6-10pm

Look for us at these HamFests:

Cabin Fever Reliever - 2008

Mid-Winter Hamfest

St Cloud, MN
Feb 16,2008 9am-1pm
www.w0sv.org/hamfest/hamfest-2-08.html

Midwinter Madness 2008
Saturday March 29, 2008 8am - 1:30pm
Buffalo Civic Center
www.k0ltc.org

 


Radio Section

YAESU DMU-2000
$899.95 -- Now on Display --

The Yaesu DMU-2000 option provides a wide array of informative and useful displays for the FT-2000 series.

·        Spectrum Scope with Limited Bandwidth Sweep feature

·        Audio Scope/Oscilloscope Display Page

·        Swept-Frequency SWR Page

·        Memory Channel List , World Clock with Gray Line Page

·       Rotator Control Page, Log Book Feature

 

YAESU’s FTM-10 : WORLD’S FIRST DUAL-BAND MOBILE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ALL-WEATHER OUTDOOR MOTORSPORT ACTIVITIES  $379.95 – On Display

The exciting newly designed FTM-10R Mobile 2m/70cm Transceiver is packed with innovative features. The bright ocean blue negative type LCD display is easy on your eyes.

Super compact detachable front panel is ready to go with your motor vehicle!  The unique Waterproof/Dustproof Front Operation Panel is designed to support All-Weather Outdoor Activity in a manner never before possible.   Detach the front panel with one-touch release when transmitting!  The detachable front panel may be separated from the main chassis, and attached to a flat metal surface with the magnetic mounting bracket.   The microphone and PTT button are built into the front panel. 

This front panel meets the IP57 standard - waterproof at 3 ft (1 m) for 30 minutes and protection against dustmaking the FTM-10R/E* the perfect outdoor communications and entertainment package. Blue tooth accessories are here too.

TM-D710A VHF/UHF mobile $599.95

The advanced Kenwood TM-D710A follows the popular TM-D700A. You will have a full 50 watts on both VHF and UHF. Key features include: internal clock for APRS®(Automatic Packet/position Reporting System) time and date stamp, APRS sort function, APRS filter function, APRS QSY function, APRS decay algorithm, APRS, proportional pathing, APRS voice alert, EchoLink ready, NOAA weather, 1000 memories and a sound card interface is built in. There is also a NMEA 0183 GPS I/O port. And it can be employed as part of Kenwood’s Skycommand System II+ when used with the TS-2000 series.

LDG Electronics Product Line Added

Radio city is happy to add LDG Electronics HF Antenna Tuners to its product offerings.

 

FT-950  $1,4999.95 
Elite-Class 100 W HF/50 MHz Transceiver

We proudly introduce the elite-class HF/50MHz transceiver FT-950 providing exceptional performance both on transmit and receive. The FT-950 is designed for the most competitive operating situations, whether you primarily operate in contest, DX, or digital-mode environments. The FT-950 comes complete with its own Antenna Tuner providing up to 100 Watts output on SSB, CW, & FM (25 Watts AM carrier). Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is utilized throughout the design, providing leading-edge performance, both transmit and receive.


CHECK OUT THE NEW HF DISPLAY

Radios on display include:

Stop in and push a few buttons and spin a few knobs
Shop and compare on same antenna.


D-STAR in Twin Cities

Icom DSTAR service has started in the Twin Cities.
Location :
Bloomington, MN. 
Freq: 145.250 MHz  -0.6 MHz offset DV

Freq : 443.450 MHz +5.0 MHz offset DV

Coming soon Freq: 1,299.7 MHz  DD 

Callsign : KØUW  Owner : Erik Jacobson  / N0SVX



Location : Golden Valley, MN

Freq: 145.150 MHz  -0.6 MHz offset DV

Freq : 442.900 MHz +5 MHz offset  DV

Callsign : KØFVF  Owner : Greg Kitchak  / NØGEF

 

Location : Maplewood, MN

Freq: 1299.000 MHz –12MHz offset DD 

Callsign : KC0TQI   Owner : TwinsLAN/3M club

 

Location : South Minneapolis, MN

Freq: 1298.000 MHz DD  packet GW
Callsign: WD0HWT  Owner : MARA

 

Location : Fairmont, MN

Freq: 146.97 MHz  -.6

Freq: 443.925 MHz +5

Freq: 1284.500 MHz +12

Freq: 1249.000 MHz DD 
Callsign: K6ZC  Owner :
Conmicro Amateur Radio Society

Coming Soon:

Freq: 1285.100 MHz DV 
Callsign : KC0TQI   Location : TBD

 

More info at : http://www.14567.org/

http://www.tdkt.org/~erikj/repeater.html

PROMO: Still time to buy 5 ID-1s and get D-STAR repeater FREE (While supplies Last)

 


Demos, Restocks & Closeouts
From time to time we have these discounted items.
We currently have a very good selection.

Call for current info.  763-786-4475

 


Telescopes

mySKY Personal Sky Exploration Guide – 4540 $299.00*
-- Now on Display --

Meade mySKY is a fun, interactive, multi-media, hand-held guide to the universe that locates and identifies celestial objects in the night sky. Meade my Sky Featuring a full-color LCD screen and the added ability to control a Meade telescope, Meade mySky Personal Sky Navigator 04540 is clearly unlike anything else on the market. Meade mySky Personal Night Sky Navigator is the ultimate in simplicity: No knowledge of the night sky is needed. mySKY aligns itself without any input from the user. Turn it on, point it at a celestial object, and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebula, galaxies and more – over 30,000 objects. Meade mySky Personal Nightsky Navigation features open aiming sites that do not restrict your field of view, finding your target is easy.  * Sale price till 02-29-2008. Regular Price $400.00


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