Back at home I have been using my remote rig set up with my Ft-847 for VHF+ work. Whilst is has done everything I expected of it, not having a real tuning knob at the operator end is a major drawback – it just isn’t any fun tuning with a computer interface.
Whilst thinking about solutions I saw a reasonably priced Icom IC-706G for sale. I appreciate the radio doesn’t have cutting edge performance, but it is not much worse than the FT-847 . As a result I took the plunge and I have spent some time setting it up with my RRC v1 boxes.
The picture below shows my two RRC boxes in the loft “shack” attached to my TS-480 for HF (right) and IC-706G (left). There have been some RF feedback problems, so I have had to attach large amounts of ferrite to sort this out! The box at the back is a Cross Country Wireless duplexer to split the VHF/UHF port to the respective amplifiers
Whilst thinking about solutions I saw a reasonably priced Icom IC-706G for sale. I appreciate the radio doesn’t have cutting edge performance, but it is not much worse than the FT-847 . As a result I took the plunge and I have spent some time setting it up with my RRC v1 boxes.
The picture below shows my two RRC boxes in the loft “shack” attached to my TS-480 for HF (right) and IC-706G (left). There have been some RF feedback problems, so I have had to attach large amounts of ferrite to sort this out! The box at the back is a Cross Country Wireless duplexer to split the VHF/UHF port to the respective amplifiers
The photo below shows the operator end, on the kitchen table. It was all working very nicely too. Note the child lock on the cupboard behind the table. My son is now 14 months old and rummaging through everything he can find. He is the reason that my office/shack was turned into a nursery and the RRC adventure started!
RSS Feed
