Main Rigs

There are 6 complete operating stations in the radio shack here at N5IW.

Yaesu FT-1000D
Yaesu FT-901DM (complete station with all accessories)
Kenwood TS-940S
Elecraft K2/100 (kit radio that I built in 2000)
Barker & Williamson 5100S(restored 2002)
Homebrew 50W HF Xmtr ( 5763 driver & 6146 final)

As you can tell, I am a big fan of Yaesu radios. Pictures of the K2, B & W, and Kenwood located on other pages.


FT-1000D


FT-901DM

I recently repaired a Kenwood TS940S radio and added it to my stations rig lineup. when I got the rig the antenna tuner did not work, It transmitted and received intermittently, The LCD sub-panel did not light or work correctly, and the rig had no CW filters ( imagine the shame!). To repair these problems I removed and resoldered every connector on every board inside the tranceiver. Upon completion of this little chore I added some cw filters and put the rig back on the air. The radio works A-OK and I am very pleased with its performance. Here is an article TS 940S Repair that details my efforts in troubleshooting and repairing this tranceiver.



My Vintage AM "Boat Anchor" Transmitter, the Barker and Williamson 5100S (semi-rare)