Well, I finally got one. I’ve been a licensed operator for well over a year now, and I finally got around to getting a radio. It’s a Yaesu FT-8900R which for those who don’t want to take a look at the link, or don’t know already, is a mobile quad-band FM receiver.
Since the last few blog posts have been relatively picture lacking, I’ve documented my excited opening of the radio and it’s associated parts. Here are the pictures!
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- Preamp
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- Preamp
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- Preamp
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- SWR Meter
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- SWR Meter
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- SWR Meter
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- Antenna
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- Coax Cables
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- PL259 Connector
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- New Radio
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- New Radio
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- New Radio
In addition to all of the great stuff that I got new from Ham Radio Outlet (yes, I know the site is cloogey, It took everything in me not to email them and offer to fix it), I also got an old SWR/Power Meter and a Pre-amp from my Dad, who had recently found them in a collection of my passed grandfather’s old things. I haven’t had a chance to test the pre-amp, but the SWR meter works, and it’s nice to be able to use some of that equipment which has a bit of family value.
I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with it yet, but that’s the plan for this evening. Anyway, in the short time I have played with it, I’ve been able to pick up quite a few things around the Seattle area. I think I’ve gotten police radio, a towing company, and King County Metro. So there’s always interesting things going on.