Your Rig

[KC0WTS]

What rigs do you guys have, and how'd you get it? I have an icom ic-720a. It was cheap on ebay. I also have a yaesu ft-1802m and a vx-150.

[K0DXC]

I have an IC-706MKIIG (It was given to me by my grandpa as a present when I earned my Ham Radio license) and a TS-430S. (I am borrowing it from another ham)

[N3VMC]

I have an Icom 756 Pro-III that I bought last year.

I also have a TenTec Delta II that was given to me by another Ham a few years ago.

Lets see what else is here....a Yaesu FT-7800, FT-60R for when I go camping & satellite QSO's, and another mobile...a Kenwood TM-271A.

(Yes I know its a youth forum....but who cares.....I still play video games and watch cartoons...)

[w2fcp]

^^ Yeah, I am not a youth either.


I've got a Hallicrafters SR-160 that I inherited. I bought my handheld, Yaesu VX-170.

[KC0WTS]

I have an IC-706MKIIG (It was given to me by my grandpa as a present when I earned my Ham Radio license) and a TS-430S. (I am borrowing it from another ham)

I wish my grandpa would give me a 706MKII6(but he's not a ham)

[KD8EPC]

my icom ic-751 was given to me by another ham as was my kenwood tm241a then i got my kenwood th-k2at for Christmas then my Motorola Gm300 i got in a trade for a chicken band radio from my cb days haha so pretty much al my stuff was given to me :D

[kb3laz]

Hey it let me vote for all three!
My first rig was given to me, the next one was bought with money given to me by my parents for my birthday, but ever since I have bought my rigs and acc's with mo own money.

My first rig was given to me by my grandfather, which was a HTX-242.
Then with birthday money I picked up a FT-920.
Since then I have purchased many rigs with my own money.
They have been as follows, IC-706mk2, IC-730, FT-100D, TS-850SAT, IC-T7H.

As of now I have upgraded my station and it is as follows, IC-756ProIII, IC-7000, LDG AT-7000, AL-572B, VX-7R, and some assorted acc's for the radios.

( I still count as youth, right?):p

[ve6wtf]

Rigs,

Kenwood TS-140S- Traded an MSR-2000 I got from the dump for it.
Yaesu FT-212RH- Had given to me buy a widow of an SK
Yaesu FT-411R- Bought paid for 100$
Yaesu FT-817ND- Sold my soul... jk Worked and paid for
Yaesu FT-757GX?- Bought fer cheap, problem with output fixed by turning the ssb gain on lmao
Icom IC-729- Bought paid for at hamfest
and I think thats it...

Well I just ordered a Elecraft KX1 so I can have something to beat the crap out of in the field.

Also I just had two 14 foot beams given to me for the 5m band that I am going to use for a 2m phased array for some fun, might even use the leftover peices of element and boom for a 70CM array... then people are gonna have to watch out!!

Now what I do need to buy is a LDG 100 auto tuner
A good SWR meter, pref from LDG as well
A World Pack II is on the list as well.
A few solar cells and some batteries for the 817

[KB1LQD]

I sorta share the radios I use with my dad and brother... My first rig, a ramsey cw TX kit (Bought Myself) and a borrowed RX. My uncle then gave us a half working HW-101, which got repaired with help of my neighbor W1XH. A local ham donated a TS-440s to us which we share, and my dad purchased a ft-897d which we all share... So the only real rigs that are mine have been either homebrew or kits... Im also holding some gear for the clubs that I am involved with, and have given a few radios to the clubs I am involved with...

[KB1NZW]

IC-MK2G Given to me from my dad
Good luck on the poll
73 KB1NZW

[KU0DM]

FT-897D...earned...the hard way. :D

Lotsa lawns, lotsa paper routes....it was worth it and I'd do it again if I had too.

[k8wpj]

What rigs do you guys have, and how'd you get it? I have an icom ic-720a. It was cheap on ebay. I also have a yaesu ft-1802m and a vx-150.

My shack has Yaesu 857D, Bought new from Unversal Radio and a yaesu FT-840 I just picked up on Ebay. Other radios include- Ft2500, Ft-8900, FT-7800.

Scanners include R$ Pro2006, Pro2005, Pro2053, Pro 2048, and a Uniden BCT15.

HT's include, Yaesu VX-3R, a pro 533, and a pro-92.

I use my own money to get everything I have... No one has ever bought me anything. I am aways looking for radios, some I find online, some I get over the counter, at dealers like AES wickliffe, and Universal Radio.

[KB1LQD]

Nice to see the range of radios and ways the radios were attained... glad to see no "five finger discounted" radios either! ;) haha... It was good to have the older radios "given" to me, although they needed repair! so I definitely had to work at that, got me some electronics experience! I can say now though, working 40 hrs a week, paying for pretty much everything, and college... Anything built by your own hands, or bought with hard earned money leaves someone with an even greater appreciation for the gear and the contacts made with it! The neatest part about getting into the hobby for me was the "mystery" of electronics when I first started. It was great not knowing what the heck I was doing, learning mostly by trial and error (yes some hot, smokey, although not so fire(y) errors!).

[KJ4EKS]

My father gave me his TS-430S. Still saving my pennies for a 756proIII

[kb1oev]

Yaesu VX-7R Purchased new
Yaesu FT-1802 Purchased new
Yaesu FT-101B Given to me
Yaesu FT-8900 Purchased right here on QRZ
Icom 751A Purchased from a local ham

[KU5B]

Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV Field
2 x FT-920
FT-840
FT-100D
FT-7800

All bought with hard earned cash.

Colin

BTW: 1 FT-920 and FT-840 are for sale.

[w0ea]

FT-890 - purchased myself by layaway from another ham in 2003
VX-150 - purchased myself from AES
Ten Tec 1320 kit - purchased myself

And thats it. I wish I had dsp. I wish I had better qsk. I wish I had a better tuner. I wish I had more tuneability of my signal. I wish I had a quieter receiver. I wish I had a better computer interface.

My current radios give me everything I need (and a bit more) but someday I'll have as nice a rig as you guys do (706, proIII etc)

[VO1GXG]

Kenwood TS-450SAT which was a christmas present
Icom IC-730 which i bought on ebay.
Icom IC-2000 which bought from my elmer
Kenwood TM-201A Which was given to me by my elmer
Heathkit HW-101 which was given to me from a freind
Realistic HTX-202 which i bought from my elmer
Icom-IC2200 which i bought new
Icom IC-756Pro III which i am entrusteed with from my club

cripes....i got alot of radios :P

[KD8BVS]

I bought an Icom IC-V8000 and an Icom IC-T90A with my own money as my first radios.

[KD0AMG]

I got into ham radio while taking a semester off for an internship (a co-worker, WO0Z, helped me get started). My earnings from the internship paid for a used Yaesu FT-100D (and PS, ATU, antenna wire, etc.).

[KL2JE]

Sorry all, I just noticed that this is a Youth forum so i deleted my post. At 39 I'm generally not considered a youth unless you talk to my parents. :D

[kb3laz]

Sorry all, I just noticed that this is a Youth forum so i deleted my post. At 39 I'm generally not considered a youth unless you talk to my parents. :D

You dont have to be a youth to reply to a youth post.

[KL2JE]

You dont have to be a youth to reply to a youth post.

I bought all my rigs, including the new FT-817nd that's on it's way. I was going to say that i will probably be giving some of my equipment to the first of my 3 children that shows an interest in the hobby. This is a win/win situation because I get an excuse to buy more equipment and one of my children get's a good head start in a hobby that could last them a lifetime.

Everything was purchased new except the Motorola Spectra, which was purchased off e-bay about 8 months ago.

[KC0ZZH]

Got out of High School and got licensed. I've done a lot of Shortwave before I graduated high school and owned quite a few rigs.

Icom R70 and R71A
Kenwood R-1000, R-2000
Realistic DX-100, DX-200, DX-300
Grundig S-350 and Mini 100 and 300PE

Current rigs are:

Kenwood TS-440SAT
Kenwood TS-130S
Yaesu FT-2800M
ADI AR-147
Alinco DJ-196T

[VK3FTIM]

Rigs

Icom 718 HF All band, I paid $799 :D
Tait 2000 VHF 2 Meter ( Got given to me as my dad is a ex ham ) :D
Another Tait 2000 UHF 70 CM ( Once again got given to me by my dad )

[KD8JFO]

I have no radios, im stark broke, unless yall count recivers, then i have a hallcrafters s-120 my uncles lettin me use...(piece of Sh*t...since its AM it cant really pick up stations since no one uses AM no more, and the tuning is not accurate..):mad:

[VK2HRO]

I'm 33, so dont count as youth either, but I thought I'd reply to this one...

Icom 2100H given to me by my uncle.
Icom 7000 I saved and saved and saved for. I paid $1649 including the carry handle. Got the radio a little cheaper than usual aus retail due to end of financial year stocktake. :D


Next on the cards is a IC208 (the 2100 has been mistreated, and isnt working properly) and then either a Yaesu FT950 or an Icom 756 Pro III (leaning toward the Icom)

[vk3FAIL]

i dont count as well but that courier spartin i bought when i was 12 an i am 25 now an still own it
i love the older radios they had nice punchy trebley audio

Alinco DR635T 2m/70cm
Tait 2000 II/2010 ~ programed up as a 2015 on 477mhz
Courier Spartin PLL 27mhz
Ferris 5000 with redco digit 27mhz

Antennas
19 element loop yagi 477mhz
19 element loop yagi 70cm
dimond 2/7 vert
electrophone 6db 477mhz
station master 27mhz

Extras
zetagi 300p hf amp

[kx5mot]

My equipment is as follows, if you can't tell im a big fan of Motorola, it works quite well in the ham bands. Not much into HF here yet.

Home shack:
Motorola PR400 UHF
Motorola CDM1250 UHF
Motorola Spectra VHF
Motorola CDM1550LS VHF

Mobile:
Motorola XTL5000 VHF
Motorola XTL5000 UHF

and various VHF/UHF Moto handhelds

[KD8EPC]

My equipment is as follows, if you can't tell im a big fan of Motorola, it works quite well in the ham bands. Not much into HF here yet.

Home shack:
Motorola PR400 UHF
Motorola CDM1250 UHF
Motorola Spectra VHF
Motorola CDM1550LS VHF

Mobile:
Motorola XTL5000 VHF
Motorola XTL5000 UHF

and various VHF/UHF Moto handhelds

ahh i love the Motorola radios i have a couple gm300 mobiles for vhf and a UHF p1225 and VHF p1225 Motorola's are built like tanks and are pretty much idiot proof

[KD8BVS]

ahh i love the Motorola radios i have a couple gm300 mobiles for vhf and a UHF p1225 and VHF p1225 Motorola's are built like tanks and are pretty much idiot proof


Motorola's are my favorite too. I have a VHF M1225, VHF GP300, 2 UHF P200's, and I use to have a VHF Spectra A9. Gotta love Motorola :D

[KD8EPC]

Motorola's are my favorite too. I have a VHF M1225, VHF GP300, 2 UHF P200's, and I use to have a VHF Spectra A9. Gotta love Motorola :D

yea im pretty sure we were hgoing to do a trade then the rig i was going to trade got blown up by a lightening strike surprisingly it was something stupid that blew up and i managed to finally get it repaired

[OE5CWO]

I own a Yaesu FT-897D for my mobile and station operations (Contesting,DX RTTY......and so on) I´m almost always QRV when I´m hiking on a mountain with a wire antenna tuned by my Antenna Tuner on 20 and 10m),

a Yaesu FT-60R and a Kenwood for 70cm for Packet and FM.....
Furthermore I bought an LDG automatik tuner 100Pro for my Portable Vertical (15m high) working from 80-6m and a W3DZZ.....
I bought them on my own nearly 2 years ago when I got my license.......

So now I´m a happy ham and nearly nothing could part me of my Rigs.....

Chris

[KI6KGN]

I'm A Motorola Person also :). Currently have the following:

Base Station:
Motorola Micor Modifyed for 6 Meters
Motorola Motrac Modifyed for 52.5250 MHz (This is the HHT Version, which had a Tube Transmitter, and Solid State Receiver)
Motorola Motrac (LHT which has a tube driver, and final, and solid state Exciter, and receiver)/Mocom 70 for 29.6000 MHz
Kenwood TMG707 Dual band 2M/440 Radio
Motorola Spectra VHF HI Band.

Portables Include: A UHF MTS2000, VHF HT1000 and Visar, and MT1000 for 6 Meters.

Mobile:
Motorola Syntor X9000 for 10M/6M Operation. I also have most of the CHP Freq's Programmed for listening to Far away, and local dispatch centers.
Motorola Conventional Syntor for 2 Meters
Motorola Spectra w/A7 Head for VHF 2 Meters, and for RX listening which includeds some Public safety, weather, and Cal Fire.

Future Projects include a 6 Meter Simplex Repeater that will be linked to 2 Meters, and 440.

73's
Trevor KI6KGN

[IZ1LBG]

Radio:
IC-775 DSP
IC-756 PROIII

PA:
OM 2500
CHALLENGER III

Antenna
4 el for 10 m
4 el for 15 m
4 el for 20 m
dipole for 40 m
2 dipole for 80 m
dipole for 160 m
rotative dipole for WARC band

we are building a new tower with on the top a MonsterIR

ps we are 2 ham radio in the same house (me and my father)

[kb1nyq]

me and my dad both run the same stations. radios are

ft-2000
ft-897
and
ts-940s

they all work great however the ft-2000 and the ts-940 are the best for hardcore hf work (contesting, dxing etc)

[KE5SWU]

I am pretty new to ham, got my license in February of this year. For some reason I have been drawn to old Kenwoods.

TS-820 -Dipole at 25'
TR-9130 -11 element yagi setup for SSB
VX-7R -Arrow 144/440 J-pole

So far really having alot of fun. I really want to find a good 10m yagi that is not to hard to build.

[kb1osi]

I have a yaesu 857d that I got because it was cheap and powerful (100 watts). I liked how small it was so that I can bring it with me. I also got an alinco switching psu and a mfj tuner that are both really small. My whole rig fits into a messenger bag! I got everything at HRO (the ham radio outlet).


-devin (KB1OSI)

[KJ4FJM]

I have a Radio Shack HTX-212 2 meter radio it given to me as my first radio a few days after passing my test by on of club members from KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Hazard, KY

[KB1POR]

I bought my first radio (Yeasu 7800) before I had my license, I loved listening in to all the chatter that was going on. I used to be into CB radio, and I was amazed when I started hearing people who were almost 100 miles away!

I now have an 8800 in my truck, and a 2800 at home. I love them!

[KI4LFA]

To all here at qrz,

I have earned some of my rig, and been given the rest.

Given:
xmas - TH-F6A Kenwood Radio
KZ4ZZ -5/8 magnetic mount antenna
KZ4ZZ - Coax and connectors
20 element beam 2m/70cm
xmas-Fabric Case

Earned:
Diamond Antenna
Coax Connectors
Coax
SMC-34 Hand Mic

BTW, I'm 18, so I am on the edge of youth I suppose... Plus there is always young at heart!


73s, KI4LFA