| Cost of setting up A92HB |
| Icom 706Mk2G £649 Filters for the above £180 swr / pwr meter £ 69 Heil mic £150 Footswitch £ 30 Mic adaptor £ 13 Rigblaster Pro £230 Cushcraft 2010 £800 Diamond X-50 £ 55 Co-ax cable £ 80 Prosistel rotator £579 Control Cable £ 35 GS 065 top bearing £ 40 Mast brackets £ 60 Home brew mast + guys etc £135 Courier for part of the above £432 Excess baggage £247 Desktop computer £479 Shack furniture £164 Plugs, adaptors etc £ 20 Import duties £152 QSL cards £ 80 Licence application fee £ 14 Licence £ 16 Radio Club membership £ 16 Total £5037 including £312 (see below) A major mismatch occured within the controller to rotator department, causing some damage, none of which was my doing, a new controller and rotator potentiometer was ordered at a cost of £220 + £10 + £82 carriage, and, the newly delivered controller had been dropped on a concrete floor, causing damage to the casing and bending most of the components to one side, lots of questions as to what the damage might actually be long term, now how the hell would I know that, got a great Mk3 crystal ball, but it can't tell me either. Stung yet again, should I go for the razor blades, or the blood pressure pills?? Will post details on eHam whenever time permits, afraid it will be scathing. So please think about the above cost when you qsl and expect a return card |
| Future Plans |
| Well, the ones I wish to make public |
| Purchase and transportation of the following kit |
| Icom 756 PRO3 + Expert or Acom linear amplifier |
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