As of January 2025:
- Photos and diagrams of the station.
- The main radio for the station is the Elecraft K3. Photo
- HF Amplifier is an Elecraft KXPA-100 with KAXT100 auto-tuner.
- Elecraft KX3 serves as second HF/6m radio, portable/mobile, with 2m 3w transverter option.
- New Icom-9700 144/432/1296 satellite capable radio used for SSB/CW, FM, and D-Star
- 32-foot tower-1 will support the 2m EME array with four cross-element yagis.
- The 2m-EME station running 1200w is usable for both tropo and meteor scatter.
- A 45-element 1296 loop-yagi, 33-element 900 MHz loop-yagi, and 18-element 432 yagi will be installed on tower#2 at 35-foot, pointed azimuth=060.
- 50-foot tower#2 supports a 3-element triband HF yagi, two 11-element 222-MHz yagis, and 3-element 6m yagi is pointed azimuth=060
- MFJ-939C antenna tuner handles HF tuning at 1500w.
- A 80m folded-dipole antenna installed on tower-2 at 38-foot. It is fed with 450-ohm ladder-line wire with 4:1 balun at ground end.
- 80m FD can be shorted at base of feed to become a 160m/630m 38-foot T-vertical with large base-loading coil.
- A 16-foot (4.9m) dish is used for 1296 & 3400 EME or 1420 MHz-RA. Removed for rebuild Oct. 2, 2020
- I have a portable-rover station for use on 10,368 MHz.
Plans for 2025:
- Re-install 4.9m dish on new az-el mount ASAP
- Install new 1296 600 watt LDMOS amplifier, 50v and 28v PS at base of the dish. Summer 2025
- Assemble new 500w 144-MHz amplifier
- Assemble new W6PQL 1200w HF/6m amplifier
- Install 1.8m offset feed dish for 10-GHz EME Summer 2025
- Install 2m eme array on 32-foot Tower-1
- Install 34-foot Rohn-45g tower to hold a Two 5-element 6m LFA yagis at 36 foot above ground.
- Move two 8-element 2m yagis from tower-2 to Rohn-45g tower at 42-feet.
Future Plans:
- Modify Toshiba amplifiers for 50w on 3400 MHz
- Combine two Toshiba amplifiers for 100w on 3400 MHz.
- Install permanent CW beacon for 10 GHz
- Assemble 10-GHz 2w Loaner station
- Assemble 3400-MHz 100mw Loaner station
For more detail see the links from the home page.
