Since I placed my antennas last year, I just put the coax cables thrue the roofwindow. A pretty fast solution but far from ideal, especially in wintertime since I can’t really close one window. Some time ago I bought an rooftile of lead. I think it is originally destined for some kind of mast. But [...]
A long last to-do on my list: apply for LOTW. Last week I read the instructions on the ARRL-website (also available in Dutch, I might add) and followed the line. I thought I had to upload my driver license and amateur license, but it turn out that I have to send a copy of both [...]
Since I swapped my Icom 910H for a Kenwood TS-850, I did lose my 2m/70cm rig. And in a earlier post I reported a fried Yaesu FT817. I’m not that sad about not having anything to transmit on 2/70. I hardly ever use these frequenties. Not my thing. But…. I’m still doing the morsecode course [...]
Yesterday I’ve swapped the capacitors of my TS-850 CAR-board. It was not a very difficult job, but men, what are those smd-parts tiny! I have to get another iron for this little stuff. Anyway, the leaking capacitors are replaced. No damage to the circuit board underneath the capacitors was discovered. Only the green layer was [...]
For years this radio has been my dream. I already did own a Kenwood TS-450SAT. A very nice radio. But the other day I saw a TS-850SAT on internet for sale. In the corner of the shack was a Icom 910H which I never used. I traded the Icom in for the Kenwood TS-850SAT. A [...]