Ham-Radio Shack 1985

I passed my Swiss Ham-Radio Lisence exam in December 1983

2m Band starting Equipment 1983
- Yaesu FT-290 (2m) Transceiver
- FT 708R (70cm) Handy
- 14-element Tonna Yagi Antenna for 2m

OSCAR 10 Equipment 1984-1986
OSCAR 10 SAT Operation and Commodore C-64 and SX-64 application development (OSCAR 10 SAT antenna controlling application) were my passion.

- ICOM IC-211E for 2m (10 Watt) for the Downlink
- KENWOOD TR-9500 70cm (10 Watts) for the Uplink
- YEASU FT-757GX, HF, (100 Watt)
- 14-element Yagi antenna from Tonna for (2m)
- 23-element Yagi for from Tonna (70cm).
- Home-Made Power-Supply 13.8 V, 26A
- Home-Made 50Watt PA for 70cm
- Home-Made Notch-Filter
- KR-500 Elevation Rotor for SAT Operation
- PAKRATT 232

End of 1986 I went QRT due to new location and difficult antenna situation.

Braun T1000 CD Receiver

It all began in the 1970s, when my aunt gave me a Braun T1000 CD receiver and I was able to receive many stations on short, medium, and long wave, connecting me to the whole world.

It is a German made general coverage portable receiver.It is single superhet with tuned RF stage.It has FM plus two LW,two MW and eight SW (1,5 to 30Mhz).It has BFO,two selectivities.Design is from Dieter Rams.It use a rotary bandswitch with golden plated contacts.This set is considered as the Rolls of portables because the high level of quality construction.It was used by diplomats (CD sigle).It was not a cheap receiver.

Drake TR7 in Operation

The Drake TR-7 is a solid-state amateur band transceiver covering 160 through 10 meters. Modes include USB, LSB, CW, RTTY and AM. It provides receive coverage from 1.5 to 30 MHz without crystals or gaps. Superior receive performance is achieved by using 48 MHz IF Up Conversion approach. Enjoy true passband tuning to combat heavy QRM. The standard filter is 2.3 kHz SSB. Power input is 250 watts PEP SSB/CW.

TRIO TS-510 Tube Transceiver

Trio (Kenwood) TS-510D. Desktop HF Transceiver. 160 Watt input. SSB, CW.
Trio PS-510D Power Supply and Speaker Unit.

14 tubes 6AW8A 12BY7A 6CB6 6BZ6 6BA6 6GH8A 6CB6 6BA6 6BM8 6GH8A 6BA6 6GH8A 2*S2001 (Finals)

2 FET's, 14 transistors, 30 diodes. Manufactured ~ 1967.