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Open-TX on the Turnigy 9XR

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I’m going to completely skip setting up the 9xr with the stock firmware and jump ahead to getting Open-TX onto the 9XR and setting that up for the Nano QX....

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Kenwood D710A VHF-UHF Dual Bander !!SOLD!!

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!!SOLD!! I’m selling my Kenwood D710A VHF-UHF Dual Bander because I want to get a Elecraft KX3. If you’re interested its for sale on Ebay....

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New toy has arrived!

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Korad KA3005D DC Power Supply ...

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Go Kit

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This weekend I’m going to try and turn this mess of gear into a portable go kit. I’ll probably only use it from home, but I’ll try and make it auto portable too....

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Go kit 90% complete

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It’s pretty much done, just needs a few zip ties here and there to finish. I used a $6 file crate from Lowe’s and a $12 wire shelf that (2 actually) I cut 1 to......

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New QTH for W7PEA

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You can read more about this on the main site: DeepPlaya.com but we moved to Honolulu in May 2013. I have my 2M rig with me and I’ve got it setup, but haven’t played with......

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Update on the RV Trip

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I dind’t post a whole lot about the RV Trip here, that’s all in the root blog, https://DeepPlaya.com...

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D710 Wiring

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Here is a basic block diagram of how my Kenwood D710 is wired into my 1991 Winnebago Chieftain. Coming from the battery, the splitter is a PowerWerx OEM-T inline PowerPole Splitter. It allows me to......

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D710 install

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Today I visited the Ham Radio Online store in Oakland, CA. I finally bought all the pieces I’ll need to gets Kenwood D710 on the air in the Land Yacht!! More to come including pics!!......

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RV Mobile

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ON our sailboat, Deep Playa, I operate Maritime Mobile. This summer we’re going to back to the states to RV around the country. So I need a mobile setup appropriate to RVing.On the boat, we......

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