Well we finally took a picture of the new 6M station.
The IC-7700 performed very well on 6M. But I took it home to work on my
ARRL TPA award (#360) so the IC-7800 is back on 6M and the picture us
out of date again.
This is also the single-op high power HF operating position and the LF listening post.
Current station is an IC-7800 to a Henry amp
We have a 6 element long boom Cushcraft Yagi up permanently
and a 9 element M2 that we put up only for contests, plus
a omnidirectional vertical and horizontal antennas for 6M/
Yes our AC powered rigs are plugged into a UPS. Aren't yours?
Think about it. If you plug a 4 year old $600 computer into a UPS why not an IC-7800?
We log on the laptop at the lower
right and run digital modes on the 2 screen desktop on the left.
We now have the IC-756 Pro II and a 60W DEMI transverter for the 2M station.
We added a stack of 4 big wheels (omni-directional) since last year.
The yagis already had a mast mounted preamp, but we now have one on the wheels too.
Another band with a new mast mounted preamp.
Yet another band with a band scope, a new mast mounted preamp, and also a new power amplifier.
Yet another band with a new mast mounted preamp, and also a new power amplifier from DEMI.
If you haven't figured it out by now, I really like having an active band scope on every band I can have one.
Temporarily the preamp is inside- For Sept this transverter and 3GHz should be
roof mounted with amps and preamps also on the roof.
Doesn't look like much, most of it is mounted at the antenna.
Yes there is both a PA and a preamp.
These pictures tend to raise two questions. What is all the red tape on the radios for?
Answer: To keep people from pushing buttons they shouldn't.
Every one of these stations uses a sequencer and transmitters must be turned on by
the sequencer, not by VOX, etc., in the radio or by hitting the transmit button on the rigs.
Also on the old Kenwoods it keeps someone from turning the output power up from 1 watt
which most of the transverters are set for. Why all the old Kenwoods?
Because they really run 1 watt when set there. Most rigs come on at full output
and use an ALC circuit to adjust power. Transverters don't like
the brief 25 watt (or whatever) pulse they get from such radios.
Some of the wall paper accumulated with all the equipment above.
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Thanks to Nate WY0X we now have some very nice aerial pictures of the site.
More of these pictures can be seen at his web site:
http://www.rmham.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=10808
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