The equipment used here at KD0PNP is all pretty old ,just like the operator.having just recently gained my USA ticket you'll appreciate that there is not a vast amount of equipment in use.
The main transceiver is by Yaesu an FT 301 D in association with an FP301 Power Supply & an FC 301 Antenna Tuner. The 301D is a full power 100 watt transceiver but in my case I have removed the Power Amplifier stage making it a QRP transceiver capable of running at maximum 10 watts PEP but used here mainly at 5 watts or less.The antennas are simple as well 2 dipoles one for 20 meters and one for 10 meters.
For 2 meters FM I use an Icom IC22a diode matrix 10 watt FM transceiver into a home built 3 Element Loop Fed Array vertically polarised.
The CW key is an old Speed X key . So as you see nothing very special here and honestly to enjoy Amateur Radio that's all you need it really does not need to be the lastest all singing all dancing Radio costing thousands of $'s to get you on the air and meeting new people.
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