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SM-220 has been in my lineup for many years, great sort of "all in one" box!

Always enjoy your videos; this one no exception. Well done!

Great overview of a classic piece of gear. Surprising how many people don't know what a station monitor is. I get questions a couple times a year from people asking me to describe their purpose. Good job.

Nice, always worth the time watching and learning from your vids. Happy New Year!

Nice review of a classic piece of test gear. Thumbs up

RTTY is very often used for ham radio contests. The next big contest using RTTY would be the ARRL RTTY Roundup on January 7-8, 2017. 30 hours. If you are a ham it is a great opportunity to have some fun and if you aren't (yet!) you can still listen in and run the decoding software to see some of the activity.

Another great informative video, thanks!

Thanks so much for this vid. I just keep mine between the rigs and the amp and keep an eye of things.

Great demo. I have one and never run the station's HF amp without it on. Barry

Cool. I just bought a TS820S that came with one of these monitors, the remote VFO unit, MC50 desk mic, and the filtered speaker. The guy also had a mint SB221 but sadly it was sold just days before I called.

Just got one and am learning how to use it with my FT-101zd

I just ordered one of these to go with my new (to me) ts-820s setup. I am a new ham with an IC-7300, but I wanted an older rig I would work on, restore, and play with. Why not something from my childhood years!?! Ok I was a kid in 1978, but still I love the nostalgic feeling on running this old rig. Honestly, I don't find a huge difference between the Ts-820s and the 7300 in terms of real world functionality. Sure the waterfall is nice, and the variable passband is a little nicer, but it's not like I have encountered many signals where the 7300 is leaps and bounds better. Typically they are about the same.

I know this is an old video, but thank you. I just received a TS-820S setup that included one of these and I'm not trying to figure out how all of the pieces and parts go together.

Nice piece of gear.

Nice! I had no idea the station monitor had an IF spectrum analyzer.

Great! I was thinking of getting one of these for my beautiful condition TS-530S - but alas, I'm going to save my money for an IC-7300. Sad!

I bought one hoping it had the panadapter but no such luck, I had to build two panadapters, and am on to number 3, or should I say one panadapter that will work with various IF stages for multiple transceivers. I made the 8.8307 MHz for the 800, and then did two more Xtals and two more IF transformers, so I can do the panadapter with a TS440, TS450, a Yeasu and some other stuff. The screen is so small, I took an old student grade Tektronix O Scope with a dead 2nd channel and made that a station monitor with a large(r) CRT screen. These SM220s are beautiful inside. Kenwood laid these out so neatly, and they really are just gorgeous inside. 73 KI7AQJ

What I would love see is your take on Mr Carlson Lab's super probe.

Nice video, as usual. Although, that trace needs a tiny little bit of rotation, no? 73 and HNY de CT7AFR, Emmanuel.

Sir W2 i cant remember correctly, but did you make a video of an amplifier that had constant amplitude output? today we had discussion at college, and i have foggy memory of something, but i cant find any info about that.

Reminds me the IFR 1200/1500 test instruments family

What model are the 2 rigs there? I can't decide if I want a TS-830S w/6146's or go all solid state with the TS-930S. I like the new technology in the 930, but those late night glowing tubes keep calling me back.... de AA9GG

Thanks for showing i'm thinking of getting one of these and the BS-8 for my Ts-440Sat But have to figure out how tho bring the 8.83 IF out to a BNC on the back of the tranciever The 430 and 440 never were intended to use a station monitor unfortunetly.73'jim KB1PFL

Thanks for the video.I bought one of these about a year ago got it for a song about 15 dollars at the flea! It has the BS-8 ,and i had seen an old QST article a few years back about bringing out the iF in the TS-440sat to use one of these, and that is the mod i'm about to do. i see in the manual they talk about using two different iFs at the same time one 1st iF going in the back and the second iF going in the front V.input i see you are using only the rear input 1st iF for band monitoring, so i will be able to see band activity.... what does using both iFs at the same time Give me over only using just one? it isn't mentioned in the manual or am i just reading it wrong?73'Jim KB1PFL

hi which radio do you find yourself using more? the ts830s or the ts870s ? thanks

What was the reason for doubling the IF with the newer models?

Hi, how do you set up the sm220 with the 830S? I know the 830s has two IF outputs let me know what I can do thanks!

I LOVE THE d-104 in the video w2ot/marty

Great videos,can you please help me I want to connect my 17 inch lcd tv to a old 3 inch scope I don't think it's as easy as plug n play .thanks

Will a SM-220 connect to my TS-520s Station...?

I understand 1 kHz but why there is 1575 Hz?

i have one of thes what can i do with it

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