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Radio Gear for Sale

By Tom on August 4, 2016

Updated 8/4/2016 – Any items not crossed-out are still available.

I am selling some surplus gear. All prices are for local pickup. Actual shipping paid by the buyer. I could also meet in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Microham DB-37 cable for Icom $40
  • Microham USB sound card interface (with an icom cable) ($65)
  • Icom ID-1 1.2 Ghz Analog/DStar radio. Includes data mode via Ethernet connection to send 128kbs data via DStar. Have microphone, manuals and cables. I have a second one if you want to make a pair for a remote data app. ($550 each)
  • Icom 821H Dual-band 2m/440 base CW/SSB/FM radio (it has a quirk in that when you key there is a slight delay). ($400)
  • Icom ID-92AD dual band DSTAR radio. Included base charger $200

 

All radios have been tested on my HP8924C service monitor including output and receiver tests. If you come to see anything, I would be glad to fire it up into the analyzer and let you verify it works according to specs. You know, unless the analyzer sells first.

Station Building

By Tom on June 17, 2013

I ran across a very good blog on building a station. This chap built it from soup to nuts including the room, adding A/C, generator, two contesting operating positions and more. There are many good ideas in his station building series. Look here for more.

Shack Pictures

By Tom on October 19, 2012
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The HF and computer setup.
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The Alpha 9500 Amplifier and 5BWAC, WAS and ARRL plaques.

Visiting with Jacek and a Clean Shack!

By Tom on October 17, 2012

Jacek SP5APW and his wife came over last night for a visit. Jacek is here in Florida on holiday. It was certainly nice meeting them and having a chance to talk about his ham radio travels. Jacek’s trip also gave me the incentive to get my shack cleaned up and organized a bit. The header picture of this block is a panorama shot I took with my iPhone.

The equipment from left to right is as follows:

  • Alpha 9500 HF Auto-tune amplifier
  • Palstar AT-2500 Antenna Tuner (while I await the Alpha 4040).
  • Ten-Tec Orion II HF Transceiver (on bottom)
  • Icom 775 DSP HF Transceiver
  • microHam MKII Keyer Interface
  • Paddle on desk in the Lexan is a Begali Stealth Limited (#42)
  • Then, Icom 9100 HF/2m/440/1.2 Transceiver (used for VHF/UHF and satellite work).
  • FlexRadio Flex-3000 SDR HF Transceiver

The right side of the desk is all work stuff.

Yes, there are 7 monitors in the picture. The plaques on the wall are as follows:

  • 5B Worked All Continents (WAS)
  • Worked All States (WAS)-mixed and digital
  • ARRL Life Member Plaque
  • ARRL Diamond Club Gold certificate
  • UPARC Affiliated club charter.
  • DXCC Award (150 country endorsement)

Not shown are the QST Cover Plaque Award for September 2012.