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My venture into 4 meters

On the 11th of march I bought a Simoco SRM9000 from Mike G4CDF. (Thanks Mike!) I finally had a 4 meter rig and he also let me borrow a 4m loop to get me started until I could make my own. I was pretty much working to get it all setup as soon as I arrived back home.

First question when putting any amateur station together is of course how on earth will this all go together and where can I put it?!

The antenna itself is not small and would not be the kind of thing I can just hang in my window. It also has a pole fixed to it for mounting vertically with a horizontal spacer between it and a mast. This made things more difficult as it could therefore not just be laid down on a first floor roof ridge which is close enough to my shack. Instead I settled for persuading my parents to let me stick my military fibreglass mast up on the corner of the house. Amazingly, it blends in quite well and just looks like a piece of guttering down-pipe that is rather small…. Oh and it also has a large chuck of metal hanging off to one side!!

So I have an antenna sorted and a mast for the antenna to go on. I setup the radio connected to the power supply that I have running my other radios on the desk and it immediately sprang to life. Great… I have a radio, an antenna, a microphone and speaker and power. I knew I was missing something.

Aaaaah…. Coax!!!

Next problem – how to get coax into the shack without drilling holes in the wall or doing anything else that seems to annoy my parents! So here is my solution:

It got a little cold last night because the window is now open just a crack for the coax to come through so i enlisted the ever useful duct tape method!!

Finally I was ready to get a QSO on 4m so I then experimented with all the buttons and I think I hit scan and heard Alison G8ROG doing a test. I quickly replied and sort of knew that I would manage to contact her given we are just across the valley from each other. Perfect 5/9 signal!!!

I was given various pieces of advice including about the local nets and events throughout the week and frequencies (Thanks Alison!!)

The important ones to remember are:

  • 70.425 – Local net frequency
  • Nets are on Tuesday evening’s at 20:30 and most members are from RADARC but it is not exclusive.
  • GB2RS news is also read out on a Sunday morning with a net on the same frequency afterwards.
  • Vertical Polarisation is the norm but some use horizontal

So my next steps now are to re-program the radio and have a browse through the settings and of course join in the nets regularly.

If you are interested in getting into 4 meters then there is a wealth of knowledge within the club. Just come along to one of our meetings and ask! We will be happy to help!

There are also some great resources for the Simoco SRM9000 series of radios on the Simoco post linked here

Listen out for me on the weekly nets and I look forward to speaking to you!

73 de 2E0JPM

Simoco Radios

RADARC Members have been very much involved in the conversion of Simoco Radios.

This page contains information on software and modifications available.

(Radarc or it’s members will not responsible for any failures with the use or these files or documentation)

Simoco PDF Radio   

SRM9030 Product Manual v1_6

SRM_9030_brochure 

TNM-S-E-0003-Rev7PCBs

TNM-U-E-0003_SRM9030_User_Guide3

Simoco PDF Instruction Sheets

RADARC SIMOCO SRM9020

RADARC Simoco SRM9030 UHF 2m Mobile

RADARC Simoco SRM9030 UHF 70cms Mobile Mar22

RADARC Simoco SRM9030 LowBand 4metres Mobile

Simoco PDF Manuals  (Winrar 11Meg File containing Zip & PDF Files)

 

 Simoco-PDF-Manuals

Simoco Programming Configuration Files

 

Simoco Codeplugs

 

Programming Interface

simocoprogrammingleadcosts

SRM9000_Interface   

Programming Software 

FPPv586_Install

Alignment Tool  

AlignV277_Password                        

SRM9030 with Detached Display  

Simoco srm9030 70cms ad card

Simoco SRM9030 Control Head Kit

Simoco srm9030 4metres ad card

SRM9030 Wiring Connections              

 

 

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

 

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA