This completes part III of WB7ELY's Remote Control Ham station
Completed 500W Solid State Amplifier
Note 220 dryer plug, RS232 cable and PTT/ALC cables
Final Assembly of kit
Note the 25 Lb Toroid power transformer
The kit assembled in about 4 hours
Lots of small hardware but a straightforward and simple kit to assemble
View close-up of PA/Filter assembly
Here's a screenshot of the remote utility.
Initial setup and checkout of the system in the
garage about 100 ft from house.
Everything goes on the shelf under bench
MFJ Tuner goes in the closet
Running 40m FT-8 in the basement office over the home
LAN
Note Kenwood TS-480 control head on right
Highlander Snow Lynx Kitten keeping the log up to date.
More on Dave's remote control setup
Final assembly of the KAT500 Tuner
Local checkout of the system before the cover goes on
over the radio box
What a shame to have that good looking amplifier and tuner on a shelf in
the garage.
Current Radio-end station setup
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AD5X review of the KPA-500
10/24/19A