Never one to have only one radio on the bench... i dug out one of my older Omni A transceivers... This Omni A I have works just great.... but on 80 meters, there's only about 30 or so watts RF output
Guys... I've got a 8 foot copper ground rod hammered into the basement where the shack lives. From that ground rod I have 2" wide copper braid going to 1/2 inch wide by 1/8" copper strips. The variou
george... did you find your parts? mike Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ J e e p o|||||||o Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this mess
Since we're talking about emergency power, that's something I've been involved with for over 30 years my system consists of 2.8kwp solar panels with a nominal system voltage of 48vdc. that dc power g
Just about every house I know of uses aluminum wires for the drop from the pole to the meter base. My underground utilities are all aluminum wire. if the proper connectors are used, there's no proble
Paypal ok? Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ J e e p o|||||||o Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of el
I found that CW get works fairly well.. not perfect by any means but it does do the job. just pick off some audio from the phone or speaker leads... mike Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heat
Boys... I've been trying to hook up the computer to the rig. Now, I've got it working, and making qsos using psk31 and RTTY.. but for the life of me I can't seem to get the vox to work.. gain set to
One of my ampkeyer will hand the amp without breaking out a sweat.. here's the url http://www.theheathkitshop.com/_ampkeyer.html and if the key line is positive and you are really looking for cheap,
Boys... I got the hots for a Orion II.... therefore I'm putting my Jupiter station up for sale. here's what's included" One jupiter One Centaur 1kw amp Matching speaker remote tuning knob thingiee al
Boys... I am cleaning the shack and going through a lot of stuff that I no longer want or need. I put a bunch up on that famous auction site the other day. But before I put this one up there, I'll se
boys... I have at last got a computer in the shack.. yea, I know... way to long but that being said, there's only one serial port on this used machine. (sister gave it to me. It's running windows ME.
I found a old usb to serial port thingiee and downloaded the required drivers I only have one serial cable. so tests were only made with one device. I did have to reconfigure it to see the jupiter, f
They had one down at the four days in may qrp gathering at dayton it's not bad looking at all. in fact, it has a much better fit and finish than the K2 the k2, to me at least, always had that homebre
Egads...what a day I have had. all i wanted was a simple db-9 cable.. Went to: Wallmart... Radio shack ... you have questions? We have plank stares! Circuit city....a what? Best buys.... out of them
"Technically" it made no difference.. the kids in the stores did not even have a hint as to what I wanted. Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ J e e
boys... yesterday I had some extra time in the shack and decided to fire up one of the old Triton IVs I have . I also fired up the Argonaut V. Now, using the same antenna. The noise level on the Argo
Been thinking of dropping the $$$ for a new ten tec rig.. the Orion is out of my budget right now.. so, what have the owners of the Omni VII been happy with the rig Problems? Comments? mike Mike, WB8
Greetings!! Going though the piles and decided I would really like to get a Omni VII so, before it goes to the bay by the shore.. 1. Omni D $275 + shipping This rig was a project from hell! It is now
Has anyone put their Omni VII to use over the internet? Like from several states away? Does it work? And if so, how well? mike Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.thehea