I’m vacationing in Japan at the moment, visiting relatives. It is sweltering so we stay mostly indoors, but I have been a couple of trips to akihabara. Initially I only meant to buy a used ic-7100 this year, but then of course I also needed a new psu, so alinco was it. After a couple of days I realize that an brand spanking new ic-7300 was half price compared to home (provided I manage to avoid VAT coming home) so I bought one. And now I of course need a new antenna for all this fancy new equipment… It snowballs.

I know I’ll have to do mars mod on the radios. No trouble. That’s easy.

Actually my main worry is my baggage allotment when flying back home.

  • BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio
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    1 year ago

    If the talking isn’t what you’re interested in:

    There’s also digital modes that let your computer do all of the talking through your radio.

    Morse code(cw) where you’re not talking so-to-speak, but dit’in and dah’in at someone else.

    APRS for geolocation and also a few other messaging services.

    Also the fun of building new things.