I’m not terribly crazy about having my ham radio shack on the second floor, but it was a lot easier to run cables and antenna connections. The ground connections took some time to figure out but I found some good compromises. There’s a lot of compromises in ham radio, by the way. Icom 8600 receiver on the left, which is an amazing wideband receiver. An Icom 9700 on the right, which is *the* VHF/UHF/1.2 ghz transmitter. An Icom 7700 on the far right, which is a very high performance 200-watt HF transmitter. The 7700 has been around since 2008 or so, I bought it in 2011, so have had it for 15 years or so. Had some amazing QSOs (conversations) all over the world with it. It doesn’t do some of the newer digital modes as well as the current gen stuff, and it’s more challenging to interface with computers, but all in all, a great rig.
And, believe it or not, there’s room for a new rig on the desk and credenza. We’ll see what Santa brings me for Christmas this year. By Christmas I mean, uhhh, tomorrow. Of course. The new(er) Icom radios all support digital modes and interface well with a MacBook. Logging software is MacLogger DX.
And, believe it or not, there’s room for a new rig on the desk and credenza. We’ll see what Santa brings me for Christmas this year. By Christmas I mean, uhhh, tomorrow. Of course. The new(er) Icom radios all support digital modes and interface well with a MacBook. Logging software is MacLogger DX.
