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I am Eddie Runner Sr. aka NU5K
My Wife Suzanne is KF5GWZ, my son Eddie Jr. is KB5OBB, my daughter Patricia is
KE5YYV
The latest radio layout in the shack for
year 2011
For an anniversary gift at the Houston Hamfest , Suzanne bought me the Flex 5000
with the VU5K Vhf/Uhf module, then at
Austin Summerfest, I ran across a deal on a used Icom IC-781 which I could
not pass up..
I decided to rearrange the ham shack operating position to accommodate the
new gear.
So now we have a Flex 5000 with Second
Tuner and Internal Antenna Tuner, also the UHF and VHF module called the VU5K
The Flex 5000 has the display on two 24 inch Dell monitors, its simple to see
band activity with the click of a mouse.
I also have the new FLEX Control Knob.. Using the radio with a mouse is
OK, but sometimes, I like Knobs.. ha ha
I use the Heil PR-781 Mic on the Flex
Also the Kenwood TS-2000 HF / VHF / UHF then an Icom IC756Pro III which is
HF and 6 Meters, then the monster ICOM IC-781
HF rig, I had one of these BIG RIGS years ago and decided to part with it
when the much more modern 756PRO series came out.
I ended up Missing the 781 and started looking for a used one... I found one at
the Austin Ham Fest, there were several folks looking at it
and I guess I was the first one to whip out the cash... ha ha Glad
to have it in the shack... Also here we have an ICOM IC-R9000
Receiver, it hears from about .5Mhz to 2GHz, I normally use the 9000 as a
computer controlled rig and can record the audio
to a computer hard drive. Next I have a RACAL HF Receiver, it is military
grade and very sturdy.
Old
Photo of the ham shack
I am always changing and trying new gear, but at the time of this photo my
primary HF rig is a FLEX 3000
with a HEIL 781 microphone, and the backup rig is an Icom 756 PROIII...
I have dual 24 inch monitors for the FLEX 3000, I love the flex display, it adds
an awsome visual
component to working HF.
I recently bought an ICOM 910H and love the weak signal capability, it is
renewing my interest
in VHF and UHF ssb. The Icom 910H does have one
shortcoming though, it has 100 memories for vhf
and 100 memories for UHF, but there is no alpha tagging and it takes
FOREVER to page through
the memories using the up and down arrows... So I will be
using a Kenwood TS-2000x for the local
repeaters (it is simple to change memories with a turn knob and has
alpha display so I don't have to remember
which frequency is associated with which repeater group - there is
lots of them in this area) and then
use the Icom 910H for SSB and simplex and might even get back into
some satellite work..
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BLT-25 August 28 2009, The BLT team launched the balloon and package from
Wharton TX
airport, Dwayne (KB5YTA) and I tracked the balloon from the launch site over a
large
part of south Texas using APRS, and were waiting for it as it camedown. We were
first to the
package.
BLT-25 LINK
And again for the BLT-26 balloon launch in Aug 2010, our team
(me)NU5K, (Dwayne)KB5YTA and (Michael)N5PTN followed the
balloon on the ground as it went up to 98000 ft and popped, we tied
to the landing site with the team from NASA,,,
But all was recovered in great shape and we all had a great time... |
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part of the ham station in my office at work, this large display is a Pioneer
Elite 50 inch plasma display
which is normally used for our security camera display, or TV (notice the TIVO
in the photo or
in this case I am using the display for the RFSPACE receivers display. 14MHz |
