Yazan: Norm Seeley | 26 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
A Friend of ours who knows that I’m into “Radios” brought this radio by yesterday and I have it sitting on the table of my ham shack. It’s a Zenith Shortwave Portable Radio. When he brought it over we spent some time opening it up, front and back. No question it needs to be cleaned [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 19 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds, Mobiles, Thoughts of KI7UP.
I have narrowed the hunt down to 4 radios. 1 is a mobile the other 3 are handheld radios. Tomorrow after I return from replacing the front tires on our van, I am going to check on reviews on the Internet and see what other hams have to say about each radio. At this point [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 17 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds
The very first Radio I owned after becoming a ham in the early 70s was a Heathkit. Later when I got my Advanced Ticket and moved to Globe, Arizona I purchased an Alinco HF radio. I found that although I had heard that service was a problem with Alinco radios, I never experienced any what [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 16 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
I owned a handheld when I first moved into this house, in fact I had a couple. One was a Yaesu FT-50R that I carried with me every where I went. When my wife to be came to visit with her parents before we were married, I had it firmly attached to my belt on [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 15 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds, Thoughts of KI7UP.
Yesterday I showed you the mobiles that I have been thinking about. Yes, I considered ICOM radios as well but I’m not so sure D-Star is something that I need. Hope that’s not a mistake. Seems to me that anyone who is looking into handhelds would first consider those radios being shipped from China. And [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 14 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds
I like the idea of the radio listed below for several reasons, one it’s size and two it’s output power. I have no problem with the idea that I would use it in the house tied with the Astron Power Supply I have and with the fact that I could fairly easily remove it and [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 13 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Base Stations, HandHelds, Thoughts of KI7UP.
Tomorrow and through this Friday, I’m going to tell you what my thoughts are about moving into VHF/UHF. While I pretty much know what direction I want to go as I get back into VHF/UHF, I still will welcome any comments as to the direction I will finally take. The list will appear starting tomorrow. [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 10 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
This week I started off recording a story for Amateur Radio Newsline . Then I decided that I wanted to go through all of the QSTs that I had from 2010. At first I didn’t really have anything to look for other than coming across interesting articles about Amateur Radio. Then I figured out that [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 28 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Scottsdale Arizona
Earlier in January I sent a letter to the Scottsdale Arizona Fire Chef asking as an individual with a wife who is disabled, what provisions had been made if the Power goes out, the land line phone system was down and the cellular phone system was overloaded with governmental communications or down itself. John Moede, [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 26 January 2012 | 2 Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, Scottsdale Arizona
Received a visit from the Emergency Management Coordinator of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Details upcoming.