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WA3UTC CHARLES A DAVIS, SR 3709 Highland Creek Drive Apex, NC 27539 USA Lookups:   2386 Ham Member
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The rig here is a Flex-5000A, a Yaesu FT-950 with an SDR-IQ & IF-2000 Pan adapter being fed into a ground mounted Hustler 6-BTV antenna, with a complete 1/2 wave radial system X4 per band from 80 to 10 meters.   I am impressed with this antenna and how well it performs. I also use a 40 Meter Bazooka to augment the Hustler 6-BTV on 40 meters and with the Flex-5000A it is used for diversity reception on 40 meters.  I also have built a 6 Meter Moxon which is at 30 feet and performs exceptionally well with a proven 24DB F/B ratio. 

In the photo:

Flex 5000A

Yaesu FT-950

Drake WH7 Watt meter

Yaesu SP-8 Speaker

Yaesu FT-7800

LDG Electronics DTS-4 Antenna Switch

Heil PR-781 Microphone

Yaesu MD-100 Microphone

Behringer Ultragain Pro MIC2200 Microphone Tube Preamp

Behringer FeedBack Destroyer DSP1100

Behringer Composer Pro MDX 2200

Behringer Ultragraph Pro FBQ3102

The Flex-5000A is the newest radio in the shack and was purchased in October of 2009.  This is one great radio, yea... it does not have any knobs, but who needs them.... You would be surprised how fast you get used to using the mouse.  Those who have not tried Software Defined radio (SDR) are missing out on something very big... and exciting.....  The SDR-IQ is the radio that enticed my interest in SDR; hence the reason I purchased the Flex-5000A.  If you ever get a chance to sit down and play with a Flex you will want one without exception.  The receiver and its available software defined filtering is something to be heard.  Transmit audio is another feature of this radio that is unsurpassed.  I am currently experimenting with audio enhancement with the Flex.  The Flex alone has excellent audio, but the quest for perfect audio is my real goad.... Yea.. Broadcast audio .... is in fact obtainable with any SSB radio. With the Flex-5000A coupled to a Heil PR-781 and the Behringer audio rack the audio output is totally unbelievable.  Yea…. Broadcast quality….. Ya gotta hear it to believe it!

 Both my wife and I are Private Pilots and own a Cessna 182S Model built in 1998. We seem to always be flying somewhere new and exciting.  I fly children between the age of 7 and 17 for the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles program.  This is by and far the best thing I have ever done with the plane.  The Young Eagles program provides in many cases their first airplane ride.  If you Google "N116WB" you will see some of our flying adventure videos and pictures.