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Click for more detail... -Updated 10/27/08- Station equipment photos (not current layout) found on homepage: http://kc8vwm.qsl.nu/ - Pse QSL direct. I QSL 100% - Current station equipment HF: Yeasu FT 847. 100 watts max TX. Homebrew 135' OCF dipole made from ordinary #12 AWG PVC coated - stranded electrical wire. Elevated 33' at the apex and fed with 9913 and a 4:1 balun. My OCF was purely based on this diagram found on the internet: http://www.packetradio.com/images/80-10windom.gif 6m Operation - 3 element homebrew yagi installed at 30 ft. with 100 watts output. VHF: VHF amplifier - 400 watts PEP ON6MU 9 element OWA 2 meter homebrew yagi located at 43' and fed with LMR 400. My homebrew OWA yagi is featured with detailed contruction photos here: http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/schemas/yagi_vhf_antenna.htm UHF: 2 x 11 element stacked UHF yagi's (originally intended for working EME, the birds and ATV operation.) Homebrew ATV transmitter - Max TX 25 watts. (Little ATV activity seen in this area.) About me: (KC8VWM) SWL since 1974. Many years before becoming a licensed ham. Used to enjoy listening to a 1940's dusty Stromberg Carlson floor model SW reciever (Model SW 55 - The one with the green colored magic tuning eye located in the center, just above the main tuning dial.) It all started when the "junk radio" my parents "threw away" in the garage became my source of interest on many chilly evenings. Portable QRP Equipment: Max output 5 watts. Solar powered FT-817 & homebrew portable multiband antenna system. (used in most instances when practical) HF antenna is a user adjustable inverted V on a roll up plastic camping laundry reel. Works anywhere from 6 - 80m. See this pic to get the idea: http://www.hamradiofun.com/images/yoyodeluxe.jpg Also for QRP operation I constructed a fold up portable 5 el. VHF 2m yagi using a TV antenna. All antennas for HF - VHF QRP operation are placed on a 20' telescopic painters pole. Pole is erected in place using a lighweight folding tripod arrangement. The inverted V antenna also serves double duty as a guy wire system offering additional support for the VHF yagi located on top of the pole. Finally, the solar panel is attached to the tripod to charge an SLA battery. Sometimes I can be heard operating on 20 m using nothing but a 16 ft section of bare copper wire connected directly into the SO-239 connector located on the radio. (My Logic? ..No feedline = no feedline losses to contend with right...?) Somehow I have managed to make contacts with South America, Russia, Netherland Antilles and more!! I am quite amazed how well this simple, yet effective single wire antenna arrangement works using a battery powered portable QRP station. Other Personal Oddities: (Only A Fellow Ham Could Possibly Understand...) I collect and restore vintage military boatanchor equipment. Recent heavy metal projects include: BC 348Q, R, and P. EAC R 390a, R 1051, (not the "B" version) Hammarlund HQ 170A(...Yes the analog clock actually still works!) Working on: T-827D military transmitter. (Exact match for the R 1051 reciever) Intention is to set it up and use it alongside the R-1051 reciever as a CW and/or AM station. 73 de Charles KC8VWM Last modified: Sat Jan 3 12:23:35 2009 Does this page contain inappropriate content? If so, Report this page... | ||||||||||||||||||
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