Station

Sometimes some amateur radio happens around here.

Home Station

I’ve owned a few radios:

• An FT-817ND and VX-8DR. (Both sold on ebay) I added a VX-3R which I really like.

Now my shack consists of:

• An ANAN-10E SDR Transceiver and KPXA-100
• A StepIR SmallIR vertical.

Mobile

Mobile, I operated a Kenwood TM-D710a (motorcycle mobile) until moving to London where the local conditions mandate full attention at all times. The autocom interface is custom built and I am still getting it dialed in for noise immunity [ this isn’t currently installed ].

For portable operations I have:

• A Kenwood TH-D72a (2m/70cm FM + APRS)
• A Kenwood TH-D74a (+D-STAR)
• An Icom ID-51E for D-Star, 2m/70cm FM.
• A Motorola DP4801 for DMR on the serious.
• An Arrow II 146/437-10WBP yagi antenna for satellite work
• An Elecraft KX3 (HF) + BL-2 Balun and lots of ‘wire’ for the antenna.
• An end-fed half-wave 40/20/10 LNR Trail friendly antenna.
• A KXPA100 amplifier, which usually gets airtime from home.
• A 5.5 AH LiPO 4S battery for portable power.

I’ve been experimenting with kits building and to date have built and operated the following among many others:

• SoftRock Ensemble RxTx SDR Transceiver
• NorCal QRP Power Meter - modified to run on 13.8V with LM317 and Anderson Powerpole connector.
• NorCal 2n2/40 with a KD1JV Digital Dial – still under construction.
• SoftRock Ensemble Lite 20m
• NE QRP SCAF Kit

Contacts

M0WTH

M0WTH Call Log Here

K2ACK

K2ACK Call Log Here