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2EØMDS
MY AMATEUR RADIO STATION  My
amateur radio station consists of an Icom IC-706MKIIG Transceiver with
FL-223 (1.9 kHz) and FL-232 (350 Hz) filters. Also an MFJ
945-E Antenna Tuning Unit fed by an Inverted L aerial
trapped for 40 meters and 80 meters and perhaps
later a wire dipole or 'doublet' antenna for 20, 17, 12 or 10 meters.
I also have a SignaLink external USB sound card that links the Icom tranceiver to a Windows PC for use with data modes such as CW (Morse), RTTY, PSK31, SSTV and Packet etc. I have a Morse key (of course!), but I have yet to learn this art - though I am very keen to do so at some point.   I have two external loudspeakers; A
simple little 'CRT' brand MS120 mobile CB speaker that I
purchased from Knights. Although it is
small it is very clear and because it cuts out a lot of low frequency
sounds it can be very helpful in improving intelligibility in some
circumstances.
The other speaker is the large one that sits on top of the cabinet. This I made myself from a GL13 10 watt, 6 inch loudspeaker unit and a grill that I purchased from Maplin. I housed it in an admittedly rather roughly made wooden cabinet that I made for the perpose. I find this loudspeaker to be very good in most circumstances. TheMaplin GL13 unit is very sensitive and has a good frequency range.   73
Mike 2EØMDS
 This is
Frederick George, my
stepmother's father, at the controls of his amateur radio station. His
call sign was VE2BV and was located in Quebec, Canada. This photograph
was taken some time in 1936. Fred was a radio engineer at RCA
in
Montreal, as the lower photograph shows. His experience at RCA no doubt
enabled him to establish an excellent station.
 The photograph
above shows a
closer view of the station; headphones, morse key, transmitting and
receiving equipment, clock and what looks like the battery power source
under the table. The 'ladder line' going to the antenna can also be
seen.
 The last
photograph shows Fred George (VE2BV) at work as the radio engineer at
the RCA company in Montreal, Canada.
VE2BV is recorded by the ARRL's QST magazine as 'silent key' in November 1948. 
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