I took this picture to show you an example of some of the radio-related stuff on sale at the fest. Sitting on the table are some vintage HF receivers, big ‘ole capacitors, a meter of some kind, and some other stuff whose purpose is unknown to me. The man on the left is my fathe...
I always enjoy Rob’s company and his willingness to share his radio expertise. Years ago, our former club president, Bill W1KKF/SK made a couple of trips out here to Cheshire with his bow and arrow to help me string wires in the trees. I was always grateful to Bill for his help an...
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RADIOHF- For Sale - Yaesu FTdx101D Original owner. Radio flawless since new with the exception that CAT info must be taken from the serial port rather than the USB; use USB for audio. I have original boxes and manuals(unopened). $1995 plus shipping. I intend to downgrade to FTdx-10 t...
All of my radio equipment was just fine but the storm did take out my primary computer down in the office/shop/radio shack/mad scientist lab. It’s power supply couldn’t deal with the rapidly fluctuating voltage fluctuations that included brown outs, surges and complete blackouts. We had a...
Think about how you got enthusiastic toward amateur radio. For me, I was eight years old and it was through a cheap transistor AM radio. This passion has been unabated since that time, albeit not always top priority in the broader scheme of life. It’s my belief that most hams have a...
the radio I installed the fresh air vent and gasket. Unfortunately I made a mess of the gasket. Bob Degoursey helped me remove the old gasket. He properly prepared and glued everything in place and used blue masking tape to hold the vent down while the seal cured. He did a great job...
active in a lot of the WIA field days over the last few years. I have equipment for 2.4, 3.4 and 10 Ghz. the 10 Ghz is a Kuhne G3 unit purchased from Germany when the exchange rate was favorable with the Euro. The other 2 bands I constructed fromMinikitsKits, from Mark, VK5EME...
It is all too technical for me. I have no clue what kind of equipment to buy. Getting good equipment is just too expensive. I don’t want to get involved in the licensing process required for some types of radio use. I can say for certainty that EACH of these thoughts was in my mi...
‘hex beam’ basically a wet noodle on 80. Dean set me up with the wrong antenna and I was to sleepy to check. We also had just gone through a radio black out so I assumed the band was pretty bad. Anyway, what was truely amazing was the Elecraft KAT 500 matched into the wet ...