One of my hobbies is radio, including the Amateur Radio Service (“Ham”), the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), and scanning. I also have an interest in other nerdy topic areas including calculation, detection, electronics, and more. The equipment I use for these and other hobbies are listed in this section.
Radio
I am a licensed to operate on the Amateur Radio Service (“Ham”) with call sign KM4DMF and on the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) with call sign WQSJ974, and I also enjoy scanning and receiving on other services. I mainly use the transceivers, scanners, and other receivers listed below.
Transceivers
- Baofeng BF-F9 V2+ dual-band VHF/UHF handheld transceiver (4)
- Configured with Nagoya NA-701 antennas and 3800mAh extended batteries
- Yaesu FT-7900R dual-band VHF/UHF mobile transceiver (2)
- 1 base install with ANLI A-100 dual-band antenna
- 1 mobile install with Browning BR-170 dual-band antenna
Scanners
- Uniden BCD325P2 digital trunking scanner
- Base install with Tram 1410 discone antenna
- Uniden BCD436HP digital trunking scanner
- Mobile install with Austin Spectra quad-band antenna
- Uniden BC75XLT analog scanner
- Whistler WS1080 digital trunking scanner (2)
Other Receivers
- Garmin GPSMAP 64st handheld GPS
- Globalsat BT359 Bluetooth GPS interface
- Globalsat BU-353S4 GPS interface
- Sangean ATS-505 shortwave receiver
- Sangean CL-100 weather radio
Scientific and Other Devices
This section is, admittedly, sort-of a “catch-all” of interesting gizmos and tools I have to support all kinds of other hobbies and interests.
Automotive
- Actron CP9135 automotive OBD2 scanner
- Tactix Openport 2.0 automotive OBD2 interface
Calculation
- ASA Metal E6B flight computer (circular slide rule)
- Casio fx-115ES Plus digital calculator
- Citizen Promaster Skyhawk A-T watch with circular slide rule (see Watches and Timepieces)
- K&E Decilon linear slide rule
- Texas Instruments TI-82 digital graphing calculator
Detection and Analysis
- GQ Electronics GMC-300E radiation detector (Geiger counter)
- Streetwise Handheld metal detector
- WeiShi MTG-1000 mechanical watch tester
- Wuxi Imhoo BT-3A quartz analog watch tester
Electronics
- Kill-a-Watt EZ power monitor
- Mastech MS2109A clamp meter
- Mastech MS8268 digital multimeter
Medical
- BACtrack Element breathalyzer
- ReliOn BP100 blood pressure monitor