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Tag Archives: first hf radio
Ten-Tec Jupiter—after ten years
The Ten-Tec Jupiter (Model 538), now ten years old, is at the core of my current HF station, as seen in the image at the right taken only a few minutes ago. I wrote an earlier post reprinting the review … Continue reading
Ten-Tec Jupiter: My faithful HF radio for a decade
My Ten-Tec Jupiter Model 538 HF Transceiver celebrated its 10th anniversary in my ham radio shack. I wrote a review of it for the May, 2001, issue of BARC’s Bark, the newsletter of the Boulder Amateur Radio Club. I include … Continue reading
Posted in Ham Radio blog entries
Tagged first hf radio, ham radio, Jupiter, Ten-Tec, Ten-Tec Jupiter, Ten-Tec model 538, Tentec
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Kenwood’s Ham Radio HF Rig Lineup
Today’s summary is of the rather small Kenwood family of HF transceivers, a couple of which are of interest to new hams. Kenwood seems to be in the same place that Yaesu was back in the mid-1980s, with only three … Continue reading
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Tagged first hf radio, ham radio, TS-2000, TS-2000X, TS-480HX, TS-480SAT, TS-590S, TS-B2000
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Yaesu’s Ham Radio HF Rig Lineup
Yesterday I provided a summary of ICOM’s HF rigs. Today’s post is about Yaesu’s lineup. I’ll admit I’m partial to Yaesu because I’ve had two of their HF radios, an FT-201 and an FT-747 (I still have the latter—it’s my … Continue reading
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Tagged first hf radio, FT-2000, FT-2000D, FT-817, FT-857, FT-897, FT-950, FTDX5000, FTDX9000, FTDX9000/MP, FTDX9000D, FTX5000D, ham radio, HF radio, yaesu, Yaesu lineup
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Icom’s Ham Radio HF Rig Lineup
(Updated: 26 Feb 2011 to include ICOM 9100) I’m continuing a series of posts for hams who’ve just received their General Class license (the middle grade—see here). For new Generals, I recommend that the first antenna be a 40m dipole … Continue reading
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Tagged first hf radio, ham radio, hf radios, icom, icom hf radios, ICOM IC-7000, ICOM IC-718, ICOM IC-7200, ICOM IC-7410, ICOM IC-7600, ICOM IC-9100, icom radios
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