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The pile of things I’ve collected so far

Rigs

• Kenwood TS-680 – My first rig, still kicking and is the Field Day and loaner special
• Yaesu FT-857D – My mobile rig
• Yaesu FT-1000MP – The first rig to really open my eyes to the bands (sold it)
• Kenwood TS-2000 – Love this thing.  It may not be the best at any one thing, but it does it all.
• Kenwood TS-940 – Bought this for the IF output for my LP-Pan experiments.  It was my gateway into SDR and is my current favorite for use as my transmitter.
• QS1R Quicksilver – My new baby, the SDR receiver I use like a boat anchor pair with the 940
• Yaesu FT-7800R – My first dual-band mobile rig for 2m/440
• Yaesu VX7R – My handheld for VHF/UHF and general scanning
• Realistic Pro-2006 – Classic base scanning receiver…still ticking along.

Assorted other toys

• Tigertronics Signalink USB – Computer soundcard interface for psk/mfsk/olivia/packet, you name it, it can do it.  Software based digital modes interface.
• AEA PK-232 – Nice old TNC.  Sometimes ol’ reliable can come in handy…though mine needs a bit of TLC right now.  Basically like a dialup modem that transmits over RF
• BHI ANEM – An AF based DSP noise reduction unit.  Pretty amazing what this can do to the receive quality of an older unfiltered rig.
• Palstar AT1KM – Manual tuner covering from 160m up through 10m  One of my favorite pieces.
• Ameritron AL-80B – 1kW linear amplifier with a single 3-500Z tube.  Works great.

Antennas

• Various wire antennas – Currently my mainstay is a 300′ balanced doublet fed with 450Ohm window line via a 1:1 DX Engineering balun with coax back to my manual tuner.
• GAP Titan – Vertical antenna, ground mounted, covering from 80m through 10m…not the best, but it is nice having a vertical to play with.

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