{"id":2116,"date":"2014-11-21T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ab3bo.com\/?page_id=2116"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:03:37","slug":"kenwood-ts-480hx","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ab3bo.com\/kenwood-ts-480hx\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenwood TS-480HX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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is the Amateur Radio Station that I operate in my home Ham Shack.<\/p>\n

In the Shack is a Kenwood TS-480HX\u00a0HF radio (rig). This radio is the 200 Watt model.<\/p>\n

The Radio feeds an SGC SG-239 Smartuner using RG8x Coax.<\/p>\n

The SGC SG-239 Smartuner\u00a0 is housed in a plastic container\"\" which is mounted outside under a Sun Room.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0SGC SG-239 Smartuner\u00a0feeds a homebrew antenna using\u00a0450 Ohm Ladder Line.<\/p>\n

The Homebrew antenna is in the form of a horizontal delta loop using PVC tubing (for insulators), rope, trees and\u00a0 12 AWG THHN Solid Building Wire.<\/p>\n

For digital control operations, the RS232 port of the\u00a0Kenwood TS-480HX\u00a0HF radio is connected using a\u00a06 Foot Db9 9 Pin Serial Port Cable Female \/ Female RS232 cable.<\/p>\n

The RS232 cable\"\"\u00a0connects to a\u00a0Gigaware Serial – USB adapter.<\/p>\n

The USB plug of the\u00a0Gigaware Serial – USB adapter\u00a0connects to the USB port on the\u00a0HP ZV6000 Notebook.<\/p>\n

For audio\/data, there is a 6 pin mini din (male) cable from the Kenwood TS-480HX\"\"\u00a0\u00a0to 5 pin din (male) that connects into a (repaired) BuxComm Rascal interface. The BuxComm Rascal interface was originally for a Kenwood TS-2000,\u00a0but was struck by lightening, jury rigged, and home repaired for this Kenwood TS-480HX.<\/p>\n

The Repaired Rascal feeds a hard wired cable with a mic\/aux and speaker\/headphone plug for connection to the HP ZV6000 Notebook.<\/p>\n

Often this setup uses a USB Sound Card\u00a0between the PC and the Rascal. This frees up the HP ZV6000 Notebook\u00a0Mic\/Headphone\"\"\u00a0jacks\u00a0\u00a0for other uses. The HDE 7.1 Channel and 5.1 3D Sound adapters\u00a0both work fine!<\/p>\n

The\u00a0HP ZV6000 Notebook\u00a0is loaded with Windows XP and\u00a0Ham Radio Deluxe 5.0 Build 2893\u00a0(including Digital Master 780).<\/p>\n

The Kenwood TS-480HX HF radio and the SGC SG-239 Smartuner are powered by Astron 20 Amp Power Supply and an old Kenwood PS-52 22 Amp Power Supply. Not sure exactly which particular power supply feeds the SGC SG-239 Smartuner.<\/p>\n

Below are some images of one of the HF systems I have enjoyed using for the past few years!<\/p>\n

This station is used mostly on the digital PSK31 mode. Usually in the 15-24 watt range. Even though the<\/p>\n

radio is capable of 200 Watts it has never been operated at that level! This system works great. It is enjoyable to use!<\/p>\n

The Ant1 port on the radio is used for experimentation.<\/p>\n

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Where to get the products, software or parts mentioned in this post<\/p>\n

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