Thursday, 14 April 2022

 Well another year has passed and the shack has changed again! In the past year I've bought and sold about 10 rigs. Got rid of the Century Digital, the 920 and a bunch of other stuff to boot. Still have the bugs and keys and they seem to be breeding!

I decided to get back into HVF/UHF again and of course I went in with both feet! 4 FT-726s later, I have 2 full load units and 2 2m/70cm units. The one full load has 2m/70cm and the 15/12/10m module, while the other has 2m/70cm and 6m. at 10w output they won't win contests but I'm working on that.

On the bench is a 6m 600w MRF300 amp that I just finished and I am here to tell you, DO NOT put 600w into a Workman mobile whip dipole! They are rated at 250w and anything over 300w for more than 10 minutes raises the SWR! I had to try though!

Next to it is the 2m version that I need to get FETs for. After that, a 300w for the 15/12/10 module and to finish the 70cm 100w mrf9120 that I put aside for later. 

I need a tower and more yagis now.

Well, I might post again soon. Or maybe not!