[CQ] Hey guys

[Adam J. O'Donnell]

I used to be a EE and spent a lot of time on the bench building
amplifiers up from SMT components.  Picking up an iron isn't super
interesting to me anymore...

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Adam J. O'Donnell
> <adam.j.odonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jonathan and Mitch pointed this list out to me.  So, the earthquake
>> this morning kinda woke me up and made me think that I should do two
>> things:
>>
>> - Get a radio station up and running again.  Thinking of an FT-817 or
>> something similar.  Thoughts?
>
> You might also consider some HTs that take alkaline-sized batteries as well.
> Wall cubes aren't much good when there's no electrical power.
>
> A fun hacker-friendly radio is the Elecraft K2. It's a kit for a
> modern HF transceiver. I've built it, and it's a lot of work, but a
> lot of fun.
>
> --j



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adam j. o'donnell, phd