KC8QCH Station Equipment
Coming Soon. Descriptions and pictures of how all this stuff fits together to form my base/mobile/portable stations.
Transceivers
- Mobile
- Kenwood TM-D700 Dual Band (2M/440)
- Base
- Kenwood TM-241 2 Meter Mobile 50 Watts
- Portable
- Yaesu FT-51R Dual-band Handheld
- Yaesu VX-5R Tri-Band Handheld
- Kenwood TH-F6A Triband Handheld
- Motorola FR-50 14 Channel FRS HandHeld
- Gamin Rhino 120 GPS GMRS/FRS Handheld
Receivers
- Portable
- Radio Shack Pro-71 Portable Scanner 100 Channel, Conventional
- Garmin GPS 40
- Base
- Radio Shack Weather Radio
- Radio Shack Pro-2052 Dual Trunking Scanner
- Hallicrafters S-38 Shortwave Recevier
Antennas
- 2 Radio Shack CB Magnet Mount Whips
- Comet Dualband 2m/440 Amatuer Radio Antenna
- (2) Radio Shack Mag mount Scanner Antenna, Also transmits on 2 meters, 70 CM and 6 Meters
- 2 Meter Ringo Base Station Antenna (2)
- 70 CM Ringo Base Station Antenna
- Solarcon 10 Meter FM Base Antenna
- Maldol MH-610 144/220/440 SMA HT Antenna
Various Accessories/Station Equipment
- Radio Shack
- 3 Amp Power Supply
- Pocket Tone Dialer
- Lapel Speaker for Scanner
- 4AA Quick Charger for Rechargable Ni-CAD batteries for Radios
- CB/HF Amateur SWR/Field Strength Meter
- 9 Volt AC power adapters for Scanners With Various Sized Adaptaplugs
- Telescoping Whip Antenna
- Pillow Speaker
- Stereo Headphones
- Mono-Earphone
- Mobile Cellphone Mount to hold Scanner in Truck
- Ultra-light Headset (RS Number: 19-315)
- Comms Waist Bag (RS: 42-260)
- 2 External Speakers
- 4 Inch Speaker (RS Number: 21-549): Used on Base Radio
- 2 Inch Speaker (RS Number: 19-318A): Used on Mobile radio
- Yaesu FT-51R Accessories
- PA-10A Mobile Power Adapter
- E-DC-12 Mobile DC Power Adapter
- MH12A2B Speaker Mic
- NC-38B/C Charging Cord
- CA-9 Base Charging Stand
- (3)FNB-38 Nicad Battery
- Yaesu VX-5R Accessories
- NC-72B/C/U Battery Charger
- E-DC-6 DC Power Charger
- FNB58-LI Battery Pack (2)
- Headset Mic
- High Gain 2 Meter/440 Antenna
- Stubby 2 Meter/440 Antenna
- 2 Right Angle BNC Connectors for Scanner
- 3 Motorola Sport 7/7X Belt/Bike Radio Holsters
- Spartus Alarm Clock
- Maha C-777 Universal Charger
- Data cables for Garmin GPS's (Both the Rhino and the GPS 40)
- Ramsey PA-10 2 Meter 40 Watt Amplifier with Preamp
Computers
- E-Machines 433I Tower
- Name: Trnslter
- Description: Webcam, APRS
- Windows XP Professional SP 2
- 32 MB Ram
- 10 GB Hard Drive
- Intel Celeron Pentium
- Conexant SoftK56 Modem Internal
- Crystal SoundFusion SoundCard
- Creative NX Webcam
- Radio Shack Pro-2052 Dual Trunking 1000 Channel Scanner
- Dell Dimension 2400
- Name: Gamer
- Description: Online Gaming, Misc Things
- Windows XP Home Edition SP 2
- 256 Meg Ram
- 40 GIG hard Drive
- 40X CD Rom
- Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Network Adapter
- Homebrew 60 Gig External USB 2.0 Drive
- Acom 80 Gig External USB 2.0 Drive
- Toshiba Satellite M35X notebook
- Name: Echelon
- Description: Primary Computer. Internet, E-mail, Programming, Gaming, Everything.
- Windows XP Home Edition SP 2
- 256 Meg Ram
- 40 GIG hard Drive
- DVD Rom/CD-RW Combo
- Realtek gigabit Internal NIC Card
- Linksys Wireless G Notebook Adapter
- Toshiba 64 MB USB 2.0 Jump Drive
- Stratitec 4 port USB 2.0 Hub with plugged in:
- Homebrew 160 Gig External USB 2.0 Drive
- Logitech USB Optical Scroll Mouse (for when at home office desk)
- Brother MFC-210C Multifunction Printer
- Compaq USB Optical Scroll Mouse (when not at my home office desk)
- External Monitor (video Card gives me dual monitors)
- Kodak Easyshare CX 7300 Digtial Camera
- RCA Lyra MP3 Player
All Computers are networked via a Linksys Wireless B broadband Router from Cisco Systems.
The Dell and the E-Machines Share a 2 port IOGear KVM Switch Allowing me to switch between both machines with one Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse.
Last Updated: March 26, 2005