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This is the You Tube channel where FatCat.Parts stores videos of radio-related gear. Some of it is for sale. Some may not be for sale at all. But, if you are interested in ham radio or any of its offshoots, then you'll probably enjoy poking around in here.
If you'd like to contact me, it's pretty easy. Sales@FatCat.Parts is the email address. I'll answer you as soon as I see your email.
I am located in North Mississippi, and sell primarily vintage radios, radio parts, test gear, and related stuff.
My videos are not professionally produced. They are brief, rough-cut demos intended solely to show the radio. Nothing else.
This is not a full-time business, with a staff or a brick and mortar location. It's not really even a part-time business. It's just me, one old retired guy who enjoys amateur radio, and I do this as part of my amateur radio hobby. I am a licensed amateur, and I do mainly HF DX using SSB and FT-8, and locally the 2M band.
If you'd like to contact me, it's pretty easy. Sales@FatCat.Parts is the email address. I'll answer you as soon as I see your email.
I am located in North Mississippi, and sell primarily vintage radios, radio parts, test gear, and related stuff.
My videos are not professionally produced. They are brief, rough-cut demos intended solely to show the radio. Nothing else.
This is not a full-time business, with a staff or a brick and mortar location. It's not really even a part-time business. It's just me, one old retired guy who enjoys amateur radio, and I do this as part of my amateur radio hobby. I am a licensed amateur, and I do mainly HF DX using SSB and FT-8, and locally the 2M band.
Kenwood TM-261A 2M Transceiver, Used, Works Great
Very clean Kenwood 2M radio. Except for the tone decoder, it's got every accessory I can think of.
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Kenwood TM-2550A Repeater QSO
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TM-2550A 2M radio with optional TU-7 tone module installed.
MFJ-223 Color Antenna Analyzer
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I've used one of these for several years, and it works great. The one in this video is for sale on FatCat.Parts as of June 7, 2024. This one has never been sold, it was part of the MFJ hamfest display booth, so its attended a lot of hamfests, but has never been put into service. It does come with a new USB charging cable.
Yaesu FV-101Z External VFO For FT-101ZD or FT-901-DM
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Very smooth, easy VFO controls, with six crystal controlled "channels" for saving frequently used frequencies.
MFJ-826B Digital Legal Limity SWR Watt Meter
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Digital SWR/Watt meter, tested against IC-7300 display and the antenna tuner meter, and they matched. This is an MFJ hamfest booth display unit. Cosmetically there are some light scuffs/rub marks in the paint. There is some adhesive residue on the top from a show sticker. Power supply is included.
MFJ-4225MPV 25A Power Supply With Power Poles
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This is from the MFJ hamfest display booth. Tests fine, works fine. new, never sold.
Bearcat BC 890XLT Scanner, 200 Channels
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This video shows two different types of traffic. First, our local National Weather Service station giving the forecast (first clip). The second and third clips are traffic from the Columbus Air Force Base tower. The CAFB tower is about 35 miles away. Video made Sunday morning, so not a lot of traffis at the moment, but it's enough to show the scanner and WX modes wrok as they should. I have the...
MFJ-4245MV Switching Power Supply
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This is a demo/display unit from the MFJ hamfest display. Paint is faded on top, but works flawlessly.
Kenwood TM-2570A Kenwood 2 Meter Transeiver Woth TU-7 Tone Module
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Back when these radios were being built, having a tone function was an option, not a standard feature. Kenwood offered a TU-7 tone module. It was installed in the bottom of the radio, an easy process. all you had to do was buy the module, remopve the four screws holding on the bottom panel, plug the module in, and secure it with two provided screws. Replace the bottom cover, and you're done. Th...
Palstar DL2K Dummy Load, Output Comparison With Daiwa CN-901
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Here's a very clean Palstar dummy load, tested with the 100 watt output of am Icom 7300. The video shows that Palstar watt reading to be very close to the Daiwa CN-901 reading, both on the 500W setting and the 2500W setting. This is the later version of the USA made DL2K. The earlier version had a smaller meter in the upper left corner of the front panel, the later version (this one) has a cent...
Radio Shack PRO-2026 Scanner
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Radio Shack PRO-2026 Scanner Listed on FatCat.Parts
Radio Shack PRO-34 UHF-VHF-Lo-Hi-Air Scanner
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Radio Shack PRO-34 UHF-VHF-Lo-Hi-Air Scanner Listed on FatCat.Parts
Radio Shack PRO-90 Trunk Tracker Scanner
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Radio Shack PRO-90 Trunk Tracker Scanner Listed on FatCat.Parts
Palstar DL2K Legal Limit Dummy Load
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Palstar DL2K Legal Limit Dummy Load Very clean, nice dummy load that handles up to 2,000 watts. Available on FatCat.Parts
Yaesu FT-301SD On The Air After 10 Year Hiatus
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Yaesu FT-301SD On The Air After 10 Year Hiatus
Drake UV-3 Solid State Tri-Band (140, 220, 440 MHz) Transceiver
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Drake UV-3 Solid State Tri-Band (140, 220, 440 MHz) Transceiver
Radioddity QB25 Quad-Band Transceiver
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Radioddity QB25 Quad-Band Transceiver
Kenwood TM-2550A With TU-7 Tone Module
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Kenwood TM-2550A With TU-7 Tone Module
Using The Icom IC-7300 As A Shortwave Receiver (A Primer)
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Using The Icom IC-7300 As A Shortwave Receiver (A Primer)
Kenwood TM-2570A 2M Radio With Microphone
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Kenwood TM-2570A 2M Radio With Microphone
Icom IC21A and Icom DV21 Power Cable Information
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Icom IC21A and Icom DV21 Power Cable Information
Hy-Gain II CB Radio, Short Demonstration
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Hy-Gain II CB Radio, Short Demonstration
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CFRX is a 1KW international Shortwave relay station of CFRB 1010 AM Toronto. CFRX signed on the air in Feb 11 1937, 10 years after CFRB went on the air. Cheers!
I'm curious how well a Dentron GLA1000 would work with a Yaesu FTDX1200 or an Icom 746Pro.
You can listen to HF for free with a computer. And most people will not invest in a proper antenna, so buying a good receiver and not having a good antenna is like buying a $10,000 commercial walk in cooler for a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. The reason for the license is because it not only receives but it also transmits and it is human nature that anything that can transmit that someone is eventually going to be tempted to try it. And legally before the internet, the stores that sold the radio refused to sell to anyone unless they had a license and a valid call sign. Even in 2011, Ham Radio Outlet refused to sell the radio to me unless I gave them my call sign. Truthfully unless you listen to ham radio, there is nothing left on the shortwave radio. Everything has migrated to the internet.
thank you for not broadcasting with it on 11m, like so many do.
I thought this video was very helpful and informative . And I didn't have to watch it 5 times. Thanks for sharing.
This is not a good video to learn from. I'd have to watch it 10 times. Just don't have the time left.
I live in Rienzi Mississippi 👍
Used to send out SINPO reports to radio stations across the world, hoping to get qsl cards in return. Most stations would return a card, some signed by the presenters and crew. Best return I ever got was fom a station in Beijing. I received a large package with magazines promoting their country ( couldn’t read Chinese though ) flags, metal lapel badges, calendars and pens. I received the same package three years running from them, happy days. Every letter I received from Russian stations, had been opened before I got it ! Must have thought I was a spy 😂 But internet came along and a lot of stations stopped using radio to broadcast their signal. I’m getting back into listening using my trusty FRG7700 and long wire, and there are still lots of stations to be found. A few hours listening seems like 20 minutes. Your video was very informative, not just for newies, but for anybody who has that radio. Well done 73s
The communications receiver is the best shortwave receiver that has ever been made.
Хороший аппарат, на 10 м антенну( веревка ,на 6 этаже) принимает пол мира!
Caveat: Mine goes crazy outside the ham bands between 10m and 6m; aliasing in the AtoD??
The 40 meter ham band exists between 7000 and 7300, not 7100 and 7300.
In real it depends on the ITU-region. In region 1 and 3 it's between 7000-7200, but in region 2 it's 7000-7300. Cheers!
I am a novice to HAM. I bought an ICOM 7300 so needless to say “I found this very interesting “. Thank you
Thanks for a most interesting and informative video. I have noted down the short wave webpage that you mentioned, which should be quite handy. I don't have an ICOM receiver, though I do have a Yaesu FRG-100 that receives the SW band among other things.
A list of the Short wave bands is very useful!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_bands
Does the backlight come on or do you have to push the lamp button. Thanks
I bought one of these kenwood 2550a I paid 60.00 plus shipping which was 13.00. My question is whats the going price for one of these with the tone module is install3e. I haven't received the radio yet
how to open the vhf frequency 140-146 mhz
Thats fun stuff.
I scan but the waterfall doesn’t follow when I get out of the ham bands like yours. Do I need to delete band edges or something?
No. Look for an on-screen "button" on the lower-right of the display that says "CENT/FIX" and tap that. It toggles between showing a large section of whatever ham band you are in (or even the whole band if you have it set that way), or being centered on the frequency you are listening to, no matter where that is. You can adjust the bandwidth being displayed on either side of what you are listening to as well ("SPAN"). I like +/- 25k when I am listening to SW stations. I'm not trying to be a smart a$$ when I say this, but read the manual and spend a lot of time experimenting. I too discover new functionality every now and then and have to look it up in the manual, even when I thought I had this rig all figured out. The manual can also be downloaded as a PDF (Icom website) which makes searching for stuff much quicker.
Hello, could you help me know how I should configure the 7300 with this amplifier? How much power does it give you ? Do you use antenna tuner? Thanks for your support !! I have the same equipment and I would like to make it work
That radio there looks an awful lot like the old alinco N0SPW
This was very useful, thanks. Two months ago I bought a CCrane Skywave SSB, resurrecting my old interest in radio from years ago (as well as working in radio news journalism for years), and then set up a LoG antenna in the garden using 18-gauge speaker wire and (eventually) a 4:1 LDG balun from HRO. Two weeks ago I somehow persuaded myself to get an ICOM 7300 and a suitable power supply from the same store, and tomorrow I'm going to (attempt to) put a longwire 'random' antenna in our high locust tree, fed into a cheap 9:1 balun I got from China or somewhere. I also signed up for a ham radio study course with a view to taking my exam in a few months. So you could say things escalated. 😁 I used CB back in Britain some years ago and always meant to progress to ham but never got the chance in the end. Now I'm in the US and the Technician license beckons. Thanks again for an interesting and informative vid :)
Brilliant, great information and demo. Much appreciated.🍻🤠
Me personally I don't like the din microphone connections , I remember from my cb days when ratshack had din plugs they would fall apart if you looked at them sideways that is the only thing I would change on those little rigs.
Hello. Can the 7300 rf output be totally inhibited to prevent blowing up an active receive antenna? Too, can am bandwidth filter be variably adjusted or is that just fixed bandwidths. Thanks!
I would think the best way to totally inhibit RF output is to unscrew the mic from the radio, or just don't key the mic or the CW key.
You can’t disable transmit using the controls. You can dial the transmit power down to 5 watts, the settings won’t let it go lower. Disconnecting the mic is a good idea but you can still transmit if you hit the tune button. The bandwidth filters are excellent on this radio and infinitely adjustable on AM from approximately 10khz down to some super low unusable number. To do this just press and hold the filter button until a sub screen pops up that will let you adjust the filters for each filter position. For AM listening I recommend using 9khz, 6khz, and 4 khz in the 3 positions. 3 khz is too narrow for decent broadcast fidelity. I also recommend increasing the span of the spectrum scope so you can see more signals.
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I have this radio and it is a lot of radio for the price point. I've been working some 60m lately and I couldn't believe how much activity is there.
Appreciate your perspective to use the 7300 for Short wave listening to. In the past I have enjoyed Short Wave programs Especially enjoyed you techniques. Thanks for the tips to identifying which stations are active 😀 73 Steve AA4SH
6070: CJRN Toronto.
I'll scan outside the amateur bands every now and then. Heard some air traffic control and some pirate stations in LSB below 40m one night.
I do own a Yaesu FT-891 and use it frequently for SWLing. I miss that big scope & waterfall the IC-7300 offers, would be thrilled to find pirate stations more easily. My question: with the IC-7300 can you select SW station, customize its bandwith and store it in memory? 73's from Québec, Canada, VE2YOW
Go below 40m, around 6.900 to 6.999 Mhz and you'll hear some pirate radio stations in LSB.
@@pale_2111 Glad to hear that, thanks alot!
Thanks for the presentation. I’m actually considering the Icom 7300 just to use as a SW receiver.
Many congrats from user Icom-7300! de UA3NDX, Anton
I have one what antenna do I need can u help
I cannot answer that question. If you are using a Heathkit receiver and just want to hear some stations, all you need is a longwire, the longer and higher the better. 100' long at 35' up will work. Longer is better. Higher is better. What you actually need will depend on what you want to accomplish with the receiver.
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I was waiting for the switch- LOL> Have a good weekend, 21 S.C.
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I love sw radio. Я люблю КВ радио. Where do you listen to sw radio?где вы слушаете КВ радио?
It's great to see a video of this working. I've actually found an FRG9600 in the loft but can't seem to get a signal. I've plugged it in and attached a whip antenna. What am I missing?
Hard to say from here. A longwire antenna should get you at least some stations. Take the radio outside, connect the longest and highest wire you can manage, and then tune very slowly. It's easy to blow past stations if you are tuning too quickly. One MHz per second is about right, just to see if you are getting a signal. If it is daytime, tune between 14.150 and 14.350. That should get you some 20 meter ham stations. Also try 15.000 MHz, 20.000 MHz, and 25.000 MHz. You should get you the WWV time clicks, and the time every 60 seconds. If you get that, then the receiver is working. Then you can go back inside with the radio, follow the same process, and you should still get stations.
The FRG-9600 is VHF/UHF only, 60-905 MHz.