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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
V/UHF a Yaesu 5100, Kenwood TS-7730 backup, Yaseu YS-500 wattmeter
Yaesu
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 internet via a dsl firewall
Vintage Heathkit
(see
Heathkit History
and
Wikipedia entry
) equipment Includes
SB-104A
transceiver,
SB-604
Speaker,
SB-614
scope,
SB-634
console and
HM-2140
wattmeter
I 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 :-)
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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