Back To My Winter Hobby

[Das Boot]

No boats, just radios.

[rwtdiver]

[QUOTE=Das Boot;n167213]No boats, just radios. [/QUO

Hi Casey,

That's a nice Ham set up you have! It surrounds you with easy access to all the radios and amps! I wish I would have taken the plunge and got my Ham License!



I do get a lot of joy in the evening hours listening to you Ham operators and doing lots of shortwave listening! I have a Grundig Satellit 750 and my refurbished Hallicrafters Model S-85! Right now. I have a what I call a Random "V" Antenna that I get pretty good reception on 40, 49, 60, and 90 meter bands. I also have an Inverted "V" which works great on the 40 meter band. And most of my reception in Arizona is very good at sunset and 2 to 3 hours after, especially on the 40 bands.

Have fun Casey, that is a great hobby!

Rob

[tifosi12]

While I'm a HAM too, I don't really do communications like you. However my "winter hobby" is to build replicas of WWII German radio equipment like this. And yes, I also have a multi band German U-Boat receiver in the closet, which I will eventually equip with some modern radio gear. But that's a really big project.
My replica sets are used in the summer by reenactment troops. They're always short on functioning radio gear.

[tifosi12]

I wish I would have taken the plunge and got my Ham License!

It's not hard. Get with a local HAM club and study the brief book. It's easier than building a RC sub. No more morse code requirement.

[Das Boot]

It's not hard. Get with a local HAM club and study the brief book. It's easier than building a RC sub. No more morse code requirement.

I passed my 20 wpm code a year before they did away with it.

[rwtdiver]

While I'm a HAM too, I don't really do communications like you. However my "winter hobby" is to build replicas of WWII German radio equipment like this. And yes, I also have a multi band German U-Boat receiver in the closet, which I will eventually equip with some modern radio gear. But that's a really big project.
My replica sets are used in the summer by reenactment troops. They're always short on functioning radio gear.

tifosi12,

That is a very cool looking German radio! Must of taken you some time to get your hands on the German U-Boat receiver. What a great find!



Casey & tifosi12,

Have either one of you guys ever seen an Sound and Vibration Analyzer? And what would it have been used for?

Rob

[rwtdiver]

I passed my 20 wpm code a year before they did away with it.

Casey & tifosi12,

Putting a Ham antenna the size that would give me good receiving and sending would be a real problem with our HOA. They would not allow me to run my shortwave antennas on my roof so I had to go to the attic space.



I still love to build and use shortwave radio systems!

Rob

[Davidh]

I let my Amateur radio licence expire a couple of years ago. Subs took up too much time.

David H (VK2 FEAA.)

[tifosi12]

I passed my 20 wpm code a year before they did away with it.

Ouch!

I waited until code was no longer a requirement. tatadiii, tatadaaa

[tifosi12]

tifosi12,

That is a very cool looking German radio! Must of taken you some time to get your hands on the German U-Boat receiver. What a great find!

Thanks! I have actually more German replica radios than submarines. Got a whole closet full of them. Last project was a Feld Fu b2, a portable radio for a Panzergrenadier with which the reenactor was able to communicate with the commander in the tank. It was fun, particularly since they let me in the tank during the battle.

The U-boat receiver was a one in a million. TBH it is a Kriegsmarine multi band receiver. It might have been "only" in a German ship, but they did use the same model in the subs.

Here is a great website where you can find such items. I have bought from this dealer before, they are legit but shipping will cost you an arm and a leg:

https://www.kpemig.de/Kriegsmarine

[Das Boot]

Casey & tifosi12,

Putting a Ham antenna the size that would give me good receiving and sending would be a real problem with our HOA. They would not allow me to run my shortwave antennas on my roof so I had to go to the attic space.


I still love to build and use shortwave radio systems!

Rob

I’m in an HOA. No one has said anything.