I've also got a KEPS downcoverter, AND a K5GNA. And I have one of those really nice 1M dish antennas from that guy in Pennsylvania, all never used, except for the K5GNA, which was used at Field Day on a 2M dish when AO-40 was still alive. When I operate satellites from my apartment, I use my terrestrial 2M/70cm antennas, and pick passes that don't go above 15* or so. They work very well, and surprise a lot of people when I tell them what I'm using. 73, Jim KQ6EA
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Alan VE4YZ <ve...@mts.net> wrote: > From: Alan VE4YZ <ve...@mts.net> > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: KLM 2M-14C > To: "'i8cvs'" <domenico.i8...@tin.it>, "'Jim Jerzycke'" <kq...@pacbell.net> > Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 8:50 PM > Hi Dom and Jim... > > I agree with the comments about the quality of the KLM. But > do not agree > with the idea of keeping surplus ham equipment. We > have a shrinking > population of amateurs, and, in this area specifically > EN19, fewer and few > amateurs interested in satellites, and an older and older > population of hams > getting out by choice or circumstances. > > The problem I face is to not compete with others when > getting rid of my > surplus equipment on swap 'n shops, flea markets and eBay > where the prices > would be driven down to all the sellers' detriment. > Of course, if I was a > buyer, too much supply is good. > > I'm sitting on too much depreciating equipment now that I > can't get rid of > so I might as well give it away free - and I do that. > > A new in the box KLM should fetch a good price and easy to > ship. Used, the > same antenna is a pain in the butt to get rid of unless > sold locally. > Disassembling a yagi and shipping - yuk! And the cheap ham > community wants > it for next to nothing. > > If you get a decent offer - take it; it will be worth less > ( not worthless ) > tomorrow. > > The only major items I'm keeping is a FT-736r with the > 1.2GHz module - the > 1.2 being worth more than the rest of the radio and a > second G5400b > AZ/EL/Controller and a couple of Gulfalpha dual banders and > M2 matching tees > that get dragged out once a year for field day. But > every time I look at > them a see a lot of money tied up doing nothing and swear > I'll do an eBay on > them. > > By this time next year I expect I'll have 3 complete > satellite setups and be > even madder about not unload the stuff while it had some > value. Part of my > surplus is dumb purchasing decisions. I have a KEPS > dual band down > converter for 2.4GHz that I should have never bought but I > did because a > fellow hams has his mother living in Germany and it was > easy to get it that > way. 2 extra K5GNA down converters for what? I > am given some of this by > guys going out of the hobby for various reasons including > SK. > > Very sad to see good equipment not used and depreciating in > value every day. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org > [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] > On > Behalf Of i8cvs > Sent: October 2, 2009 9:20 PM > To: Jim Jerzycke; AMSAT-BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KLM 2M-14C > > Hi Jim KQ6EA > > I suggest you don't sell the KLM 2M-14C because in my > experience it is a > very very nice antenna. > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Jerzycke" <kq...@pacbell.net> > To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:16 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] KLM 2M-14C > > > > I have a new-in-box KLM 2M-14C up on eBay if anybody > is interested. > > Item number is 230383642566 > > > > 73, Jim > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the > amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
