Hello everyone. I have a 1/4 wave antenna on my 2 meter HT. I have heard of people adding a cut to length wire to the antenna connector. The idea is now you have a half wave 2 meter antenna. I underst

Hello, you are right, I do not have a keyer. My 1980 Kenwood TS120S takes a straight key. I have a straight key ordered from CWMorse.us

Hello everyone. I have been a ham for three years but have only been on HF for a few weeks. My transceiver is a 1980 Kenwood TS120S. I only have SSB and CW in the radio. The unit does not have a keyer

Hello everyone. I am new to HF and have been on the air for a few days now. I have a Kenwood TS120S transceiver. I like it just fine. I realize that I am limited to voice and CW with a unit like this.

Hello everyone. I am new to HF despite having been licensed for three years. I would like advice and guidance on keeping an HF log. Here is what I have to work with. Kenwood TS120S from 1980 No comput

I made a contact today that was a lot of fun. It was 914 miles away from me. They were in Canada and were using the same radio that I have, the Kenwood TS120S. It is rather neat that a homemade G5RV w

Thank you all for the replies. I am a visually impaired ham. I am not black blind but do not see well. My ham shack is simple and basic. It is inside a 12x12 do it all room. My family and I live on a

Hello everyone. I have been licensed for a little over three years now. I have only used Chinese handhelds and a two meter mobile radio as a base station. It took three years the gather all the gear t

I love the $150 idea. I realize that it is not wise for an HF newbie to dive into QRP but the idea is great. Thank you all for the advice and welcome.

Thank you Jim and Sterling. I have made the decision to buy rather than build. Several reasons include: Being legally blind Learning to solder but not competent yet Wanting the antenna to work right t

Hello everyone. I would like some advice and guidance. From another thread I have learned that my Kenwood TS120S is fine and that my antenna is my problem. I have never built an antenna nor do I have

Thank you for helping me understand the wattage difference.

I connected the 43 feet long wire to the back of the Kenwood. I still did not hear much. Next I connected the coax back to the radio and the balun. This time I put the 43 feet long wire on one side of

I have a small update. I realuze this is a Jerry rig but I am using what I have, plus it is for testing. I took the balun and connected the 43 feet antenna to one side. To the other side I connected 1

From a reply above I tried the suggested frequencies. I could here a very faint wobbly sounding tone burst but the noise was much louder than the tone. This is a great learning experience. There is a

Yes, it was connected to the balun. By the time I thought to take puctures I had already taken the wire off of the wingnut. KN4CHK

I keep forgetting my call sign, goofy me. KN4CHK Carrsville, VA

Alright. Here are some pictures for you. I took the wire off the device I am calling a balun and put bare wire into the center hole of the Kenwood TS120s. On any band nothing but noise and static. I c

There are no markings on the balun. I remember the ham telling me that the balun and antenna were made by a long ago defunct company out of Lynchburg, VA. Some long gone electronics company. I forget

Alright lets see here. A ham installed the antenna for me. Long story short....it was the ham that gave me my exam. I have since moved. He drove to my house on the way to a business trip. He provided