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  1. K

    Hey older hammies, what's with the attitude???

    I have been a ham since 1976 and I don't know why other hams think they are God's gift to mankind. Listen on 14.208 and you will hear a bunch I think from Texas and Ark. that will not acknowledge you and if they see you are a recent ham they will bash the hell out of you. Personally I don't...
  2. K

    Hombrew Handheld PTT Switch suggestions ?

    I bought an old Dictaphone off eBay and paid 10.00 dollars for it and the foot switch used to operate the recorder worked great. Something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dictaphone-Foot-Pedal-0502765-not-tested-/182588777263?hash=item2a8323a32f:g:~tYAAOSwAPVZJIqy
  3. K

    The station Picture

    I have been meaning to post this photo for some time so others can see what I have at my operating station. This is not all of the gear if you go to my web site at http://www.kg0mn.com you can see the remainder of the gear. 73, Kevin - KG0MN
  4. K

    Ever been curious as to how Japan would build a keydown box?

    I can never take this type of electronics seriously when people call transistors - pills. I would be like me deciding it would be cool to call "watts" - "mashed potatoes".
  5. K

    Help with a boat?

    The first radio I used as a ham in 1975 and went on to work 205 countries with it, but that was on hell of a great sun spot cycle to boot. For the time they were a great little rig and the only drawback now is 8950 tube that it use is hard to get and expensive.
  6. K

    Icom IC 7600 or 7410 any inputs comments?

    I got my new 7600 just 5 days ago and I could not be happier with it. I have compared it to the TS-590SG and FT-950 in a side by side test and 7600 is the clear winner. The display is nothing short of amazing and with the added ability of being able to decode RTTY and PSK without any other...
  7. K

    Daton HAMvention

    The ham wife and I make the yearly 705 mile trip again this year. I just love going through the flea market looking for boat anchors so that I can flip them and sell them hopefully for a profit. I picked this Drakes up for $400.00 last year and the transmitter was dead. I have since...
  8. K

    SB-220 Rebuilt and Kenwood TS-480HX w/ VGS1

    would you be interested in trading the Amp for a mint HF Radio? Here is the picture from the my web site.
  9. K

    Another E-Bay find.

    I used to own one of those many moons ago and they were a decent amp and the price it sold for isn't bad as long it doesn't need a ton of parts.
  10. K

    Product Comparison: Amazon 30 amp switching supply vs. MFJ-4275MV

    My concern would be that the Amazon PSU would only put out the 12Volts as advertised and not the 13.8 volts most power supplies put out. Does it have a means of varying the voltage?
  11. K

    Bird announces a new Antenna Analyzer

    SK-4000-TC The pocket-sized SiteHawk Antenna and Cable Analyzer operates from 85 MHz to 4 GHz and features an intuitive interface readily accessible to the first time user and minimizes clicks for an expert using it every day. Substantial internal storage eliminates the need to worry about file...
  12. K

    New TS-590SG and TS-590DG and TS-590VG

    Looks like they are going to offer a couple of different flavors of the 590 Than Kenwood brand, operability and excellent high reception performance, enjoy a comfortable Communications Inc. JVC Kenwood,※ 1as new products of amateur radio, early November HF / 50MHz transceiver to "TS-590 G"...
  13. K

    Arduino projects?

    If you need some books on the Arduino let me know I think I have over 20 of them in PDF format a friend sent me and I can post a link for you to download them from my web site.
  14. K

    Ham Shack lightning Carnage

    Just saw this thread and this is something I have been looking for. What is the cost of the SPU2 unit?
  15. K

    Now This Is A Heavy Duty Soldering Iron.

    I will try to remember to take a pic of the iron my Father-in-law gave me. The 4-sided tip is about 3/4" across in all four directions and it gets so hot it is scarey.
  16. K

    Old School Setups With External Tr Switching?

    If you do not mute the receiver, you will very rapidly find out that your transmitter smoked the front it of it. See if you can find an old Heathkit Mohawk RX-1 which matches the Heathkit Apache transmitter. Then you can use the Dowkey the way it was intended to. The big reason being the 300...
  17. K

    Thinking About Getting A Sdr... Which One Is Decent & Cheap?

    Here is my input on your question. I owned one of the Flex SDR rigs and while it did have a nice receive and did everything one would want I missed the knobs, bells and whistles. I traded it for a Drake C-line. I then decided I would go with a real radio/SDR setup, that being a Yaseu FT-950...
  18. K

    New Forum Sucks

    Wow a guy goes into the the hospital after a huge heart attack and then a quad-bypass surgery and I come to find out that my favorite forum has changed its overall appearance and style. While I appreciate the work and effort put forth to achieve the new look, I have to admit the older style was...
  19. K

    New radio?

    I would avoid the X1M I have heard that the stability is a bit to far off to use it in digital modes.
  20. K

    Remote Control Kenwood TS-590?

    Hi - I have had decent results using Ham Radio Deluxe and then in turn using Skype for the audio. It works alright but the least bit of net congestion can affect the conversation by adding missed words or parts of sentences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXn01PPLnVM GD Luck, Kevin - KG0MN