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Current Ham And Electronic Gear
Modern
Ham equipment
includes
For HF a Kenwood
TS-570, an LDG AT11 Tuner and NCG 2050 wattmeter
(hiding at desk level off to the right, that is a sound card interface in the top for computer digital modes)
For VHF/UHF an FT-90, and
a Yaesu 5100, Kenwood TS-7730 backup, Yaseu YS-500 wattmeter
Yaesu VX2R,
VX5R
2M/70CM, ICOM 22AT, Azden AZ-21A and HTX-202 HTs
My FT-857 HF/VHF/UHF
Mobile
Etrek Vista GPS
A number of Intel computers (WinXP and Linux) connected to the home LAN. Believe it or not, no high speed internet at home at this point.
Vintage Heathkit
(see
Heathkit History
and
Wikipedia entry
) equipment Includes
Heathkit SB-200 Amps, Heathkit SA-2040 Tuner and a bunch of heathkit wattmeters
I used to have a complete SB-3/400 and SB-104A stations, I once did a powerpopint presentation on
Collecting Heathkit Ham Radio Equipment
to the LARC club
Antenna
s
include
Radioworks
Carolina Windom 80 Special
for 80-10
Comet GP-3 for 2m/70cm
and a 6m/2m/70cm ground plane (unknown make, got it at a hamfest :-)
Omni horizontally polarized loops for 6 M and 2 M ssb
My
work bench
has about everything I need for most building and testing (except a spectrum analyzer):
Oscilloscopes: HP 1740A 100 Mhz, HP 1222A 30 Mhz, NRI 2500 10Mhz
RF Generators: Boonton 1020, HP 8601A sweeper,
AF Generators: HP-204C, Heathkit IG-18 and IG-1271
Counters: Phillips PM 6668, Startek 1500A, Ramsey CT-70
FM Deviation Meter: Heathkit IM-4180
Distortion Meter / AC voltmeter: Heathkit IM-5258
DVM: Fluke 77
Transistor Tester: Heathkit IT-21, IT- 27
Decades: Resistor Heathkit IN-17, Capacitor Heathkit IN-27
Analog Meter: Simpson 270 (a classic, great for audio peaking adjustments)
Power supplies:
Astron RS-20M,
Junkbox Homebrew +0 to 15 / +12 / +5 / -12 at 1 Amp each volt bench supply -
Pic1
,
Pic2
,
Schematic
Programmers: Microchip PIC Picstart Plus
a bunch of other factory and home brew test equipment odds and ends
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