Radio from recycled materials
Who says that ham radio is an expensive hobby?
I have recycled all the items of radio equipment listed below from discarded items, and put them to good use in the Amateur bands. All the original items were either bought for a few pounds from traders, or given to me for free!
Transceivers
New equipment | Recycled from |
Six 70cm handies | UHF PMR radios |
Five 2m handies | VHF high-band PMR radios |
Twelve 4m mobiles | VHF low-band PMR radios |
Four 4m handies | VHF low-band PMR radios |
Six 2m mobiles | VHF mid & high-band PMR radios |
Two 6m mobiles | VHF low-band PMR radios |
Twelve 70cm mobiles | UHF PMR radios |
2m linear PA | VHF mid-band equipment |
4m linear PA | VHF low-band equipment |
Aerials
New equipment | Recycled from |
2m HB9CV | TV band III broadcast yagi |
4m 2-ele | TV band I broadcast antenna? |
6m half-wave vertical | CB half-wave vertical |
4m half-wave vertical | the rest of the CB vertical |
4m half-wave vertical | alloy tent-poles |
4m half-wave vertical | VHF PMR colinear |
4m "Slim Jim" | Band II broadcast yagi |
160m vertical | 9m fishing rod |
portable telescopic mast | window-cleaning equipment |
lightweight portable mast | alloy tent-poles |
Amateur television
New equipment | Recycled from |
Portable FM-ATV receiver | DMAC satellite receiver |
Five FM-ATV receivers | analogue satellite receivers |
Two video cameras | broken camcorders |
13cm beam antenna | 23cm yagi extension |
Three 10GHz transmitters | Doppler motion detectors |
Five 10GHz downconverters | satellite LNBs |
Three 10GHz dishes | satellite dishes |