{"id":765,"date":"2009-06-29T15:48:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T23:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=765"},"modified":"2012-01-12T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:46:35","slug":"ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"Ham Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I finally got one. I&#8217;ve been a licensed operator for well over a year now, and I finally got around to getting a radio. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/yaesu.com\/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&amp;ProdCatID=106&amp;encProdID=0C4855ADE6394D514EAABAE148B93F5C&amp;DivisionID=65&amp;isArchived=0\">Yaesu FT-8900R<\/a> which for those who don&#8217;t want to take a look at the link, or don&#8217;t know already, is a mobile quad-band FM receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Since the last few blog posts have been relatively picture lacking, I&#8217;ve documented my excited opening of the radio and it&#8217;s associated parts. Here are the pictures!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-765 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0404.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0404-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0404-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0404-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0404-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-770'>\n\t\t\t\tPreamp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0402.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0402-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0402-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0402-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-769'>\n\t\t\t\tPreamp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0401.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0401-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0401-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0401-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-768'>\n\t\t\t\tPreamp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0410.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0410-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0410-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0410-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0410-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-773'>\n\t\t\t\tSWR Meter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0408.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0408-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0408-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0408-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0408-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-772'>\n\t\t\t\tSWR Meter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0407.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0407-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0407-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0407-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0407-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-771'>\n\t\t\t\tSWR Meter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0399.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0399-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0399-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0399-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0399-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-766'>\n\t\t\t\tAntenna\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0400.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0400-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0400-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0400-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0400-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-767'>\n\t\t\t\tCoax Cables\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0412.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0412-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0412-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0412-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0412-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-774'>\n\t\t\t\tPL259 Connector\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0416.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0416-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0416-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0416-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0416-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-777'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Radio\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0415.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0415-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0415-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0415-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0415-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-776'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Radio\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0414.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0414-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0414-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0414-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CIMG0414-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-775'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Radio\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In addition to all of the great stuff that I got new from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/\">Ham Radio Outlet<\/a> (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&#8217;s old things. I haven&#8217;t had a chance to test the pre-amp, but the SWR meter works, and it&#8217;s nice to be able to use some of that equipment which has a bit of family value.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had a whole lot of time to play with it yet, but that&#8217;s the plan for this evening. Anyway, in the short time I have played with it, I&#8217;ve been able to pick up quite a few things around the Seattle area. I think I&#8217;ve gotten police radio, a towing company, and King County Metro. So there&#8217;s always interesting things going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I finally got one. I&#8217;ve been a licensed operator for well over a year now, and I finally got around to getting a radio. It&#8217;s a Yaesu FT-8900R which for those who don&#8217;t want to take a look at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=765\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}