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 equipmentRecycled from
Six 70cm handiesUHF PMR radios
Five 2m handiesVHF high-band PMR radios
Twelve 4m mobilesVHF low-band PMR radios
Four 4m handiesVHF low-band PMR radios
Six 2m mobilesVHF mid & high-band PMR radios
Two 6m mobilesVHF low-band PMR radios
Twelve 70cm mobilesUHF PMR radios
2m linear PAVHF mid-band equipment
4m linear PAVHF low-band equipment

Aerials

New equipmentRecycled from
2m HB9CVTV band III broadcast yagi
4m 2-eleTV band I broadcast antenna?
6m half-wave verticalCB half-wave vertical
4m half-wave verticalthe rest of the CB vertical
4m half-wave verticalalloy tent-poles
4m half-wave verticalVHF PMR colinear
4m "Slim Jim"Band II broadcast yagi
160m vertical9m fishing rod
portable telescopic mastwindow-cleaning equipment
lightweight portable mastalloy tent-poles

Amateur television

New equipmentRecycled from
Portable FM-ATV receiverDMAC satellite receiver
Five FM-ATV receiversanalogue satellite receivers
Two video camerasbroken camcorders
13cm beam antenna23cm yagi extension
Three 10GHz transmittersDoppler motion detectors
Five 10GHz downconverterssatellite LNBs
Three 10GHz dishessatellite dishes