I am a Radio Amateur (ham radio operator) licensed as KE3VIN.1st Person Katrina ReportThis picture was taken outside Bill Wong's in Orlando, FL at a recent luch time meeting of the Central Florida Geeks by W1GJY.I live and operate in the Central Florida Volusia County-Orlando area.I am an organizing member of the Central Florida Amateur Radio Society along with W1GJY and K7FHP.My CFGARS articles are here.I also enjoy listening to SWL/HF/LF to and VHF/UHF.My Shortwave and HF page is here and the monitoring page is over there.My "shack" so far consists of the following: Radio Shack DX-394 for monitoring and SWL which right now is on a coax switch which along with the Kenwood TS-430S is connected to a Hustler 4BTV 4 band trap vertical.For VHF I have a Memorizer that I use for simplex, packet and APRS (although I am considering switching to IRLP on simplex) via my PK-232MBX TNC and connected to the CFGARS Comet GP-9 dual-band vertical. For 220 Mhz in the shack I use a Kenwood TM-321.I am also building a test repeater out of two Clegg 27 Bravo's.For mobile operations I use a Yaesu FT-1500, Kenwood 3530A for 220 MHz and several hand held scanners including the Uniden BC-245XLT, a PRO-95 and a PRO-83 capable of Signal Stalking for monitoring everything else.For portable operations such as AREC deployments I use two handhelds: the Santec ST-144µP and the toned ADI 201 serving as both voice packet portable via my KPC 3+ portable 12VDC TNC.Here is Amateur Electronic Supply in Orlando, Florida.And of course my favorite place to hang-out Skycraft!Need a battery replaced or a pack rebuilt? I highly recommend TNR Technical in Sanford, FLEMSCO has an office in OrlandoNuts & Volts MagazineA list of several interesting electronic "junque" shops in the Orlando area.They have listings for places I remember as a kid growing up in Maryland suchas "Olson Electronics".You have to scroll down to get to the Orlando stuff. Do a search for Orlando.Astro Too Surplus Electronics in Melbourne, FLSome listings of surplus dealers: here, here, here, here, and here.Need to fix something? Consult the sci.electronics.repair news group FAQ here.TechAmerica was a good source for mailorder electronics now it is RadioShackas is Newark Electronics (they have an office in Orlando)Digi-Key is anotherand Dick Smith Electronics is yet anotherStill hoping a Fry's will show up one day in Orlando!Of course the best way to get gear is at a hamfest.A calendar of local hamfests can be found at http://www.kevininscoe.com/radio/ham/fl/hamfests/.Some good schematic resources can be found here:CommLinx Electronic Schematics on the WebIf you are into clubbing then try these:West Volusia Amateur Radio SocietyVolusia Amateur Radio Emergency Communication ServiceOrlando Amateur Radio ClubCentral Florida Listeners GroupLake Monroe Amateur Radio SocietyDaytona Beach Amateur Radio AssociationOrange County ARES/RACESSeminole County ARESOrlando Metro REACTCentral Florida CERT AssociationCERT Association of Greater OrlandoREACT Teams in FloridaFlorida Council of REACT Teams, Inc.Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Amateur Radio AssociationCentral Florida Repeater AssociationCentral Florida DX AssociationAnd of course the club of clubs, the Club Supremo!The Central Florida Geeks Amateur Radio Club
This picture was taken outside Bill Wong's in Orlando, FL at a recent luch time meeting of the Central Florida Geeks by W1GJY.
I live and operate in the Central Florida Volusia County-Orlando area.I am an organizing member of the Central Florida Amateur Radio Society along with W1GJY and K7FHP.
My CFGARS articles are here.
I also enjoy listening to SWL/HF/LF to and VHF/UHF.My Shortwave and HF page is here and the monitoring page is over there.My "shack" so far consists of the following: Radio Shack DX-394 for monitoring and SWL which right now is on a coax switch which along with the Kenwood TS-430S is connected to a Hustler 4BTV 4 band trap vertical.
For VHF I have a Memorizer that I use for simplex, packet and APRS (although I am considering switching to IRLP on simplex) via my PK-232MBX TNC and connected to the CFGARS Comet GP-9 dual-band vertical. For 220 Mhz in the shack I use a Kenwood TM-321.
I am also building a test repeater out of two Clegg 27 Bravo's.
For mobile operations I use a Yaesu FT-1500, Kenwood 3530A for 220 MHz and several hand held scanners including the Uniden BC-245XLT, a PRO-95 and a PRO-83 capable of Signal Stalking for monitoring everything else.
For portable operations such as AREC deployments I use two handhelds: the Santec ST-144µP and the toned ADI 201 serving as both voice packet portable via my KPC 3+ portable 12VDC TNC.
Here is Amateur Electronic Supply in Orlando, Florida.And of course my favorite place to hang-out Skycraft!Need a battery replaced or a pack rebuilt? I highly recommend TNR Technical in Sanford, FLEMSCO has an office in Orlando
Nuts & Volts MagazineA list of several interesting electronic "junque" shops in the Orlando area.They have listings for places I remember as a kid growing up in Maryland suchas "Olson Electronics".You have to scroll down to get to the Orlando stuff. Do a search for Orlando.Astro Too Surplus Electronics in Melbourne, FLSome listings of surplus dealers: here, here, here, here, and here.Need to fix something? Consult the sci.electronics.repair news group FAQ here.TechAmerica was a good source for mailorder electronics now it is RadioShackas is Newark Electronics (they have an office in Orlando)Digi-Key is anotherand Dick Smith Electronics is yet anotherStill hoping a Fry's will show up one day in Orlando!Of course the best way to get gear is at a hamfest.A calendar of local hamfests can be found at http://www.kevininscoe.com/radio/ham/fl/hamfests/.Some good schematic resources can be found here:CommLinx Electronic Schematics on the WebIf you are into clubbing then try these:West Volusia Amateur Radio SocietyVolusia Amateur Radio Emergency Communication ServiceOrlando Amateur Radio ClubCentral Florida Listeners GroupLake Monroe Amateur Radio SocietyDaytona Beach Amateur Radio AssociationOrange County ARES/RACESSeminole County ARESOrlando Metro REACTCentral Florida CERT AssociationCERT Association of Greater OrlandoREACT Teams in FloridaFlorida Council of REACT Teams, Inc.Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Amateur Radio AssociationCentral Florida Repeater AssociationCentral Florida DX AssociationAnd of course the club of clubs, the Club Supremo!The Central Florida Geeks Amateur Radio Club
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