Welcome to 3rd Planet Solar & the shack of KC9ON
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| 2017-08-22 |
*** Kanga UK products are now in stock ****** Sanford Wattmeter *** *** M0TGN Morse Tutor *** *** DX40 DC Receiver *** *** Urmston Regen Receiver *** |
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| 2017-09-10 |
NEW “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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| 2017-09-09 |
A new batch of Mini-Yack keyers are in stock |
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| 2017-09-08 |
NEW PRODUCT – 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 |
NEW PRODUCT – 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.
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| 2017-08-01 |
HW-8-TR replacement relay kits are back in stock! |
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| 2017-08-01 |
A new batch of Fox Hunt Offset Attenuator kits are in stock! |
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| 2017-07-27 |
Prototoids-SMT boards are back in stock |
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| 2017-04-10 |
A new herd of CALF is in stock |
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| 2017-03-28 |
Pixie Switches are back in stock! |
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| 2017-03-04 |
Get more mileage out of your Crystals.Pull them 10-20-30KHz+ ! Click here for the article. |
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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
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