I'm getting involved with California Amateur Radio Users Net or CARUN, formerly known
as PIRANA. You can often catch me on the 2m side of their repeater
link.
Here's an obligatory image of the HT I use, an Alinco DJ-V5.
I have the US version (DJ-V5TH), a 5-watt max dual band (2m/144MHz
and 70cm/440MHz) handheld transceiver. Click on the picture to see
Alinco's info on it.
I added a COMET SMA24 high gain dual band antenna to it for better tx/rx
at a distance (2.15dBi on 2m, 5.3dBi on 70cm according to the wrapper).
I use the included NiCd battery and a dry cell pack with those nifty "Renewal"
rechargable alkalines, for almost as good performance as the nicad pack.
I'm working on building a gel-cell station battery pack to power it
in the shack until I get a base unit (maybe triband).
At the October LARK swap meet I picked up the "beauty" on the left (photo
from Yaesu web site--mine looks a bit more used). It's a Yaesu FT-23R
handheld 2 meter (140-150[163.995]/144-148MHz) transceiver. I've put
info on it onto a separate page. Please check out my Yaesu FT-23R Info Page for details on the radio and how to use it
if you don't have the intuition and/or the manual.
One of my spare time hobbies is refurbishing
slightly older computers (mostly 486s, some 386 and low pentium). My current
pile includes a lot of low-profile desktop 486/50 and 486/66 machines which
will run Windows, FreeBSD, or Linux respectably. If you're looking for
a smaller, slower machine for things like packet operation, radio programming,
or other things where the latest and greatest isn't needed, drop
me an email and I'll see what I can hook you up with. Mention that
you saw this opportunity through QSL.NET and I'll add part of your purchase
price to my contribution to QSL.NET.
Last updated: 19991004 1730h
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