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I finally got my 40-meter dipole hung up a couple of weeks ago and have been working some 40-meters lately. The dipole is a simple center-fed wire antenna, and I have the center-point hung about 27′ in the air. In an inverted-V fashion, both legs are at 8.5′ atop my fence. I think I might […] Read more »
Dayton Hamvention is right around the corner; about 10 days away, and I am getting prepped. This will be my first trip to Dayton for the hamfest, and I am very much looking forward to it. My plan and hope is to have enough time to live-blog from the Hamvention, and also post some videos […] Read more »
Last week at the Hurst ARC Monthly Meeting, a friend told me about some used batteries over at Tanner’s Electronics. These are 170AH (amp hour) Lead-Acid batteries, which weigh about 120lbs each. And the best part? They sell for $125 each. A few months back I bought a brand-new 60AH battery for Sam’s for $150, […] Read more »
I took a quick picture of all my HT Radios as the while they were sitting on my desk. I aligned all of them up today so that I could have a central place to charge them overnight. From the left we have the Wouxun UVD1P, a Tonfa UV-985, my CS700 DMR HT, a Baofeng […] Read more »
I’m rearranging my desk and shelves in the hamshack to make room for more radios and equipment. Here is the latest pic. It isn’t completed yet, but I wanted to post these anyway. More to come later. On the shelves are the following radios: Top shelf – Radio Shack HTX-212. Not […] Read more »
Passed my General Exam tonight. I’ll be using some HF coming up, and talking about that also. Thanks to the Hurst Amateur Radio Club for offering the General Class that helped me pass the test. Read more »
The 33cm band, or 900MHz, has become a bit more popular lately. I’ve been hearing some other operators around the DFW metroplex talk about running a 900MHz radio, either in the shack or in the truck, and that more and more hams are starting to join-in with the fun. Well, count me in! One of […] Read more »
Several years ago I bought a Kenwood TM-741a on ebay. I believe I paid around $400 for it at the time. It came with the standard 2M/440 modules installed. This was actually the first 440MHz mobile radio that I ever owned. The TM741/742 and TM641/642 radios were the modular radios. Most of them came with […] Read more »
About a year ago I bought a Yaesu FT-33R HT on ebay for around $75. I don’t remember the exact price, but it was about that – I know it was less than $100, probably $75-$85. I thought that was a good price to break into the 1.25M band for ham radio. My plan was […] Read more »
I build a Mancave a couple of years ago out in my backyard. When I first built it, I had planned to install some ham gear in it, and now it has become more of a Hamshack than anything else. I do have a computer/TV/surround sound in there also, in fact I am typing this […] Read more »
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