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My very QRV "end times" radio. Works great on CW! When this radio was first introduced Lyndon Johnson was President and I was 3 years old. This is how radio amateurs keep it real old skool!
Powering up the Kenwood TS-440SAT for the first time in quite awhile earlier tonite. I hope to put in on-the-air later this week.
Bought it new in 1989 after operating it's younger brother at a club field day event, the TS-430, still loving it!.
mobile setup 1 my daily car, with 2 m / 70 cms and hf antenna .. until the Land Rover 101 is finished with ex-army radio setup
mobile setup 1 my daily car, with 2 m / 70 cms and hf antenna .. until the Land Rover 101 is finished with ex-army radio setup
mobile setup 1 my daily car, with 2 m / 70 cms and hf antenna .. until the Land Rover 101 is finished with ex-army radio setup
My 2nd hobby I had less than a year ago in MS. Not sure if I will have anything close to what I had in the radio world here in Wyoming. Always pluses and minuses.
Christmas and Christmas Eve with the Family 2016. Really nice ham radio HF antenna setup near the park.
Christmas and Christmas Eve with the Family 2016. Really nice ham radio HF antenna setup near the park.
My antenna farm or massive bird perch, I can't decide which! Perhaps I put this there just for them??? :0)
This radio was a regular visitor to the patio table this spring & summer during the first wave of COVID-19 sheltering, it was an outstanding performer & utilized battery power!
As of today, health officials in Ottawa have declared they are in the beginning of the second wave & daily provincial numbers have been steadily increasing, we haven't seen them this high in months.
It is not a very good sign.
Yes that is a microphone plugged in! ;0)))
My late father Alf Goodwin (GM3RYO) with two other enthusiasts preparing to raise the kite supported aerial on the hills above Stranraer for a contact with some of their Irish pals. Probably circa 1960.
This is my rig for portable HF operations, usually Summits On The Air (SOTA): a Yaesu FT-857D transceiver, running through an LDG Z-11 Pro II antenna tuner. To the left are the various components of my lightweight W1SFR 35-foot end-fed wire antenna, which is good for 40 to 6 meters.
For power, I use a Bioenno BLF-1206A 12-volt, 6 amp-hour LiFePO (lithium iron phosphate) battery (not shown).
We are currently vacationing at South Lake Tahoe, California; no summit activations this time around, but I plan to do some “portable” operating from the deck outside our Airbnb.
It's a cheap FM VHF/UHF radio. There are better radios with more function, but this one was cheap. It gets me on the air quick. Programming cable and antenna was included. I installed the software on my desktop to load channels. It can be done manually as well.
It's always nice to get away from it all for awhile in the middle of the day.
While band conditions have been quite poor with just a sprinkling of contacts lately, the trip to the car is still more than worth it for the meal alone.
Pictured:
A home made toasted chicken sandwich by none other than my XYL (wife) Sue.
It was super delicious as usual, complimented by a bottle of spring water...it really "hit the spot", thanks Sue!
72/73
Daryll
Yet another pleasant surprise on 40 meters cw this past weekend working N1A (Neil #1 Armstrong) in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the First Man on the Moon. The Milford Amateur Radio Club - W8MRC in Milford, Ohio celebrating the 50th anniversary of man's first manned voyage to the surface of the moon.
Gold On 17 Meters CW!
It was a gorgeous autumn day in southwestern Ontario.
Perfect for a stroll to the car & a spin of the dial on the rig.
Thanks to Sue for this lovely photo from the Magic Forest this past Saturday where I came away with EI0NMI in Ireland on 20 meters cw!
My solo contact::
J68GD
St.Lucia!!!!!
Frequency: 17 Meters
Mode: CW
Sent: 599
Received: 599
~2300+ miles
My Gear:
Kenwood TS-480HX
Power Output: 200W Full Hamster Afterburner!
Antenna: 57" whip on 2x 22" Buddipole antenna arms on an Alpha Moto Coil all mounted on an MFJ tri mag mount on my car trunk
Key: Palm Radio Mini Paddle
Conditions: Poor
Solar Flux: 69 A25 K3
Weather: Sunny 59F
Lunch: Sue's home made cooked ham & steamed potatoes mix & a bottle of spring water
72/73
Daryll
My grandfather was an amateur radio operator, obtaining his license in 1932 as a teen, call sign W7CSC. He collected QSL* cards for the next 50 years. I thought I'd share some of them.
*From Wikipedia: QSL cards are a ham radio operator's calling card and are frequently an expression of individual creativity — from a photo of the operator at his station to original artwork, images of the operator's home town or surrounding countryside, etc.
Ahora si!, hoy me entregaron mi licencia de Radioaficionado, valida para operar en categoria novicio hasta el 31 de dic del 20013!
My "go to" vertical antenna for 20 meters. The vertical radiator is a full quarter wave in excess of 16.5 feet tall. It performed flawlessly making cw contacts into Europe & the USA! Setup was in the order of 15 minutes max fully tuned. The view beyond is Marine City , Michigan.
In the K1DOD shack and mobile: Yaesu FT-2000, FT-8900 (satellite and packet), FT-817nd (portable HF), FT-1802, FTM-10R (Vespa Scooter mobile) , VX-8R (APRS/GPS enabled), VX-5R, VX-150, Kenwood TS-2000x, ICOM IC-92-AD (D-Star), Yaesu Aviator Pro II (aircraft transceiver), Motorola MTS 2000 (California State Parks), Iridium 9505A satellite phone, IC- R20, IC-RX7, Bearcat BCT15, Sony Wavehawk, Cobra 38 WXST (CB HT), MFJ 993B, Force 12 GT5 vertical dipole, homebrew copper pipe J-pole, Radiowavz G5RV center fed multiband, Rigblaster Plus, Rigblaster Plug and Play, DV Dongle, Echolink, Macs and PCs.
Here are some photos of the Yaesu SCU-23 cable end that the Yaesu camera mic plugs into - note the bad white wire that is "busted" off the circut board - PTT stopped working on this 60.00usd cable.
A ham radio transceiver for the HF bands
operating SSB (phone) , CW (morse) , connected to homemade wire antennas.
Well I suppose there were better things to be doing this aft but I mostly spent it looking up to the clear blue sky & pondering life.
Life without 80 meters & where in the world I would find room to erect a better antenna for that band within the property lines of our postage stamp size property! (~130 feet long)
I accomplished this feat here previously by running my antenna cable out a hole in the peak of our one story roof to feed a balun which in turn fed the both legs of the this very low to the ground nvis dipole, it worked ok! (max height ~15 feet)
In both cases the legs wrapped around one of the trees towards the corners of the property & then ran back to either eaves trough so if you looked from above it formed a large "W"! After a few years I removed it much to the delight of a neighbour a couple of doors down who once loudly exclaimed, "Just what in the H_ _ _ are all those wires about anyway"? ;0)
Pictured are my efforts of the day, assembly of a brand new 80m yoyo dipole from my spare parts box, all measured out & ready to deploy, stay tuned!
And yes, that same neighbour is still living there & I'm getting ready to p _ _ _ him off all over again! ;0)
Wish me luck.
72/73
Daryll
Special Event Station
I worked Vlad at the W0O Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club in Frankenstein, Missouri on 40 meters cw late this afternoon.
What a fun contact!
(they need to update their card to 2020)
73
Daryll
I made a handful of casual contacts (42) participating in my first Winter Field Day. Band conditions seemed okay on 40 thru 10 meters. All contacts were made using a microphone for a change from the cozy confines of home, quite a change from morse.
My Gear:
Rig: Kenwood TS-590S
Power: 100 watts output
Antennas:
Inverted Vee up 30 feet for 40 meters
Ground Mounted Vertical for 20-10 meters
Looking forward to (Summer) Field Day in June, the largest of all ham radio events!
73
Daryll