Quote Originally Posted by w2amr View Post
The Yaesu Station sounds pretty cool. Post some pictures when it's all together. I used to run 5 watts with the old GRC-9 military rig and it did pretty well on 75.
Just got it all done this weekend. The scope needs another CRT, as there's a bit of burn-in around the center. No big deal as I'm going to redesign the thing and add a panadapter module w/ new front panel controls.

The D-104 in the pic sounds very good on AM with this setup. I also fixed the speech processor and wired a Shure 450 to it. That mic can be used as-is with my Cubic Astros - same wiring on the plug. It's a good choice for "punchy" SSB.

Time to build a 101-style tuner for the station. I had the AT-230 on hand and converted it for 3 coaxial feeds plus a dummy load, rather than the 2 coax + 1 random wire arrangement it was shipped with. ANT1 and 2 are connected to a pair of Alpha Delta DX-SWL slopers at SE/SW orientation, and the ANT3 connection goes to the switchbox which routes my 10-11-12M vertical to the various rigs.

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