Forum Discussion

El Dorado Netwo's avatar
El Dorado Netwo
Advanced Tutor
8 years ago
Solved

Any Amateur Radio Operators (AKA "Hams") Here on The HughesNet Community Forums?

I was a Ham when I was 12. Had a Technician Class license, WA6ZHL. Fell out of it when I got into high school. Wish I had stayed in. Now, I'm studying to take the tests to get my license renewed. Bu...
Amateur Radio
ARRL
Ham Radio
  • Bernie_'s avatar
    Bernie_
    8 years ago

    Let the rest of us "Ham's" know what you purchased with your $2000.00.  This way we can salivate a little.

    73's

    Bernie  KD2JYU

BirdDog's avatar
BirdDog
Assistant Professor
8 years ago

Not an operator but lots of friends in the military when I repaired vacuum tube Collins KW2-MA transceivers. Boy, they could punch out the power. Very touchy to tweak, lots of band adjustment capacitors that took a jeweler size screwdriver and very small turns. I finally discovered injecting the appropriate 1st, 2nd stage frequency with a freq generator and adjusting worked miracles. Wasn't in the technical manual at the time.

 

Old man digressing, solid state has killed off need for technical repair and adjustment at such low levels. All board replacement now. Old dinosaur who's time is history but do have fond memories of the HF shacks most military bases had.