Welcome to 3rd Planet Solar & the shack of KC9ON
| 2018-11-13 |
NEW PRODUCTHC49/U (TALL) Crystals for DSB/AM/SSB Also available in Band/Sampler Value packs and 10-packs Value packs |
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| 2018-11-13 | Reverse Polarity Protection SMD kits and assembled units are back in stock |  |
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| 2018-10-28 |
*** SPECIAL ***Our older 3CPO V1 unit fully assembled, brought up to date with new firmware, and placed in an enclosure. Save $30 under the cost of an assembled V2 unit! *** ONLY 1 AVAILABLE *** |
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| 2018-10-28 |
*** SPECIAL ***Our older CALF V1 unit fully assembled and placed in an enclosure. Save $30 under the cost of an assembled V2 unit! *** ONLY 1 AVAILABLE *** |
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| 2018-10-26 |
*** NEW ***Love using polarized headers on your projects? Hate crimping those pins? Try our 2 and 3 pin wafer assemblies with the pins already crimped on! |
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| 2018-09-14 |
*** NEW ***Component tester – check transistor pinouts, resistors, capacitors, diodes and more…….. |
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| 2018-09-03 |
Mini-Yack Keyer/Practice kits are back in stock |
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| 2018-08-22 |
Check out our review of the Kanga UK Sandford Watt MeterMeters can be purchased from this page (USA) or from Kanga UK |
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| 2018-08-19 |
Fox Hunt Offset Attenuator Kits are back in stock |
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| 2018-08-15 |
CALF – Configurable Audio Limiter Fiter is back in stock.Updated with new changeable CALF EARS |
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| 2018-08-15 |
CCK-LM386 Kits are back in stock! |
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| 2018-07-10 |
Ceramic, SMD, And Air Trimmer Capacitors18+ Varieties |
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| 2018-07-09 |
Check out our review of the Kanga Acorn II SDR Receiver kit |
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| 2018-06-15 |
Pixie kits w/ switch and crystals are back in stock |
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| 2018-6-07 |
Magnet WireBifilar Magnet WireLitz WireStarting as low as $.04/ft |
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| 2018-05-24 |
KANGA UK PRODUCTS ARE HERE!
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| 2018-05-27 |
HW-7 & HW-8 3D Printed Replacement ButtonsAvailable in 9 colors |
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| 2018-05-27 |
NPO and Temperature Compensated Capacitors(High Quality Commercial and Military Spec) |
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| 2018-05-12 |
N Female Chassis Connectorsonly $2 each |
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| 2018-05-12 |
We are now stocking various toroids |
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| 2018-04-14 |
Reverse Polarity Protection SMD kits are back in stock |
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| 2018-03-21 |
HW-8-MC1496 replacement adapter kits are back in stock |
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| 2017-11-29 |
We now have Polyvaricons! |
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| 2017-09-10 |
CCK PRODUCTSPixie with Pixie Switch and 3 extra Crystals Simple Test Equipment kits Audio Spectrum and volume display kits Solder practice and learning kits and more….. |
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| 2017-09-08 |
HC49U (TALL) Crystals!Available in 3560, 7030, 7040, 7055, and 7118KHz 3560 works with the Cricket! Great for VXO’s! |
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| 2017-09-08 |
SMD Dummy LoadWant to try surface mount soldering? Don’t want to start with a big project and tiny parts? This dummy load uses larger 1W “2512” style resistors for your first SMD project. Usable up to 225MHz with an SWR of less than 1.3:1 and up to 20W intermittent. Available in BNC and SMA versions
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What’s 3rd Planet Solar all about? Check it out in the About section.
Bagging a CALF herd
A few pictures of the shack:
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| Once in a lifetime event – The bench is clean! | 2016 Shack Upgrade | The happy trio – HW-8, CALF, and 3CPO |
The gear consists of an Icom IC-725 and MFJ 949D tuner/meter as the primary HF station with a Bencher and 3CPO for CW. The old TRAC keyer still works but mostly retired now. The main antenna is a simple 40M bowtie dipole which works pretty good on all bands. Lately my Heathkit HW-8 has taken center stage pretty much replacing the IC-725. Since my first HW-8 there is now a HW-7 and another HW-8 for camping.
The 2M primary station is an IC-251H with killer audio and RF output. For Satellite and ISS work a Yaesu FT-290RII and Kantronics KAM fills the bill. Yes, you can work the Space Station on just a watt or two and a simple vertical antenna!
When home-brewing and repairing we also use some fairly older equipment. Heathkit IG-1271 signal generator, B&K 512MHz frequency counter, Philips 100MHz scope, Autek WM-1 RF/SWR meter, Heathkit IM-1210 DMM, Ramsey COM3 service monitor, Bird Wattmeter (that I always want more slugs for!), a few handheld DMM’s, my Digital Dummy Load, bench vise, and of course a Tenma solder reworks station.
Not pictured of more old equipment I pull off the shelf from time to time to play with. A Kenwood TS-520 (under restoration), TS-530, Heathkit HW-16, HW-7, 2nd HW-8, HW-101 (under restoration), and my first rig an old Hallicrafters HT-17 (also under restoration).
Thanks for stopping by and 73!
John kc9on