This is about my progress through the world of amateur radio. Contests, antenna builds, different experiments, successes and failures.
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose…But it’s always a fun ride.
Here’s the current setup:
Home Station
Flex 6500 – 80/40/20/10/6 Fan Dipole
– M2 3 Element 6m Yagi
Transverters: 144, 222, 432
TE Systems Amplifier: 2m (1410G) 200 Watts
Mirage Amplifier: 70cm (D 100 TVN) 100 Watts
Dual Band Yagi – 5 Elements on 2m / 9 Elements on 70cm
Homebrew 4 Element Yagi – 222 MHz
Icom ID-5100a – Diamond X50A Antenna
Kenwood TK-981 – 6 Element Yagi
Raspberry Pi / DVMega D-Star Node
Mobile Station
Icom IC-7000
Chameleon V2L Antenna / Comet SS-460SBNMO 2m/70cm antenna -or- Comet CA-2X4SR
Portable
Elecraft KX3
Chameleon F-Loop Antenna or 53ft end fed
Elk Log Periodic