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Equipment
One of the first things that people think about when the topic of
ham radio comes up is the equipment: from large towers and radio
high powered radios to small handheld portable radios. Ham radio,
because of it's diversity of communications methods, has a myriad
of equipment. And with the introduction and increasing use of digital
methods in ham, computers, software, satellites and the internet are
becoming
more and more common. The nice part of ham radio equipment is that you
can spend as much or as little as you would like - gone are the days
of just a few means of
using radio within the ham spectrum that required large investments.
Now, with only a small, handheld
and inexpensive mobile radio, you can communicate via repeater or even
around the world using IRLP. If you would prefer instead to communicate
via email-type methods, but over ham radio, that method too is
available at the
appropriate level of licensing. Additionally, there is a large
interest within the ham
community for older and even antique radios that still work and are
refurbished to
their original condition.
My equipment list changes often, but here is a list of my more common
gear that I use frequently:
- Collins KWM-2 / 2A - Multiple Units
- Collins S-Line Station
(32S-1, 75-S3C, Power Supply, Speaker, 30L-1 Amplifier)
- Collins 52-S Receiver
- ICOM 7800 Transceiver
- Collins R/390 AM/SSB Receiver (One of 3 Ever Built With Original SSB)
- ICOM746PRO
- ICOM910H With Satellite Down-Link / Converter
- Yagi Beams - HF
- UHF/VHF Antenna
- Various Dipoles
- ICOM VHF / UHF Handhelds
- ICOM7000 Mobile
- Equipment Racks - 19 Inch Standard Width / 81 Inch Height
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