Spring 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:
Look for us at these HamFests:

April 27th, 2008
DesMoines Hamfest

Des Moines Radio Amateur Association
http://www.geocities.com/dsmraa/
Talk-In: 146.940 (PL 114.8)
Location: 92.5 KJJY Event Center
2100 NW 100th Street
Clive, IA



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.


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.


IC-92AD 5 watt dual band HT with
D-Star
$579.95

Icom IC-92AD is a rugged 5 watt dualband HT with D-STAR built-in! Three RF power levels are available. It is built military tough and is submersible (1 meter 30 minutes). The 92AD features a multi-line display with simple bandscope and keypad entry. There is a built-in voice recorder and auto reply voice message (in DV mode).


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.



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 : East Ramsey Maplewood, MN

Freq: 1299.000 MHz –12MHz offset DD 1285.1MHz DV

Callsign : KC0TQI   Owner : TwinsLAN/3M club

Location :
MSP Airport/MoA South Mpls, MN

Freq: 1298.000 MHz DD packet GW 172.16.1.20
Callsign: WD0HWT  Owner : MARA

Location : Bloomington, MN.
Freq: 145.250 MHz -0.6 MHz DV 443.450 MHz +5 MHz DV

Coming soon Freq: 1,299.7 MHz DD

Callsign : KØUW Owner : Erik Jacobson / N0SVX


Location : West Metro 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: Downtown Mpls, MN 172.16.2.1 web .20
Freq: 1251.00MHz KE88TX

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

Location : U of MN Moos Tower Mpls, MN

Freq: 443.425 MHz DV 
Owner : Gopher ARC


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

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



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. 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.



Cornado’s Summer Sunlight Sale
Now on display at Radio city is the PST. It is the latest innovation from Coronado. This little telescope is another step toward our goal of making it possible for everyone to Experience the Sun our way.
$100 Price Reduction NOW $499.00



SkyScout Personal Planetarium

There is no better time to purchase our revolutionary SkyScout Personal Planetarium - a handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more. Now with $100 Mail-in Rebate Final Price $299.00




Radio City Inc www.radioinc.com
763-786-4475