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I do a little CW once in a while as I was a Navy Radioman. I monitor my 2 meter repeater on 145.39 which is also IRLP node 4320.
I am active on 160, 75, 20, 10, 6, 2, and .70 meters.
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Hi! This is my HAM shack. I am active on APRS, AM, FM, and SSB mostly. I do a little CW once in a while as I was a Navy Radioman. I monitor my 2 meter repeater on 145.39 which is also IRLP node 4320. I am active on 160, 75, 20, 10, 6, 2, and .70 meters. |
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The desk is homebrew and is home to a Kenwood TS-690S which covers 160 to 6 meters. Next to that is an all mode TS-780, 2 meter and 70 cm rig. On the middle shelf is Kenwood TS-140 on the right which is used for RTTY and PSK31. Next to that is a police scanner and interface and switch controls. The third shelf has a FT-8900 quad band FM radio. Next to that is a VHF/UHF wattmeter and a CW keyer. On the top shelf is a homebrew balanced tuner, a Heathkit Seneca, for 6 and 2 meters AM and in the cubby hole is a Hammarlund HQ-110C which is early 1960's vintage and covers 160 to 6 meters The microphones are a Kenwood desk mic and on the boom is a Heil microphone. |
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Here is the other side of the operating position. On the top left you see a Heathkit DX60 with VFO and a Heathkit TX-1 Apache to its right. These are both transmitters. On top of the DX60 is a Heathkit 6'er which is a six meter transceiver. On top of the Apache is a Uniden BC895 scanner. Below the DX-60 is a NC-300 receiver. Below the Apache is a Navy TCS-12 set transmitter/receiver and an ARC-5 receiver. The two microphones are a D-104 on the left and a J-38 on the right. |
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Here is the Ghost of E.F. Johnson getting back on the air after a hiatus. The old Valiant was pulled out of the closet again. |
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This is my messy workbench. Someday I will neaten it up a bit. I have a signal generator, a oscilloscope, watt meter, FM deviation meter, power supply, voltmeter, sinad meter, frequency counter, etc. Pretty much everything I need to build and test projects. |
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Gansta Q hanging out in the shack. |
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This is the change over switch that either connects my open wire fed dipole to my equipment or ground. It is an Electroswitch Knife switch. Notice the 3/8 inch copper pipe that grounds the antenna to a copper ring buried 3 feet under ground. The switch is rated at hundreds of amps at 60 Cycles but also because of its construction has a low impedance to RF. |
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Here is the 75 meter dipole fed with 450 ohm open wire line that I use on all HF bands with a balanced tuner. This antenna is up approximately 60 feet. Also shown is the repeater antenna atop the 65 foot tower. |
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This shows my rotatable array with horizontal antennas for 6 M, 2M and 70 cm.
Also on the left is the tri-band vertical for 6M, 2M, and 70 CM FM. In the middle is a UHF scanner antenna
tuned for 462 MHz. |
