USA Representatives for DUBUS Magazine
Ed and Janet Cole
Contact us at: dubususa@hotmail.com
As of March 2010:
- The main radio for the station is a new Elecraft K3 ordered on March 3, 2010. Photo
- The secondary radio, mainly for Satellite and FM use on VHF/UHF, is a Yaesu FT-847.
- My mobile station is an Icom V8000 into a dual-band whip antenna.
- I also have 80 & 20m Hamsticks, 2m Par-Angle horizontal loop, and a 2m
half-wave whip for use on 6m using a Yaesu FT-817 with Mirage B108 linear.
- I have a 80/40m inverted-V dipole installed on a new 50-foot HF tower attached to the west end of the house.
- A 80m Half-square/160m & 600m Inverted-L antenna is strung between the two towers.
- Also there is a 6m/10m J-Pole using a ten-foot tower section and 24-foot aluminum mast.
- 50-foot tower#2 supports a 3-element triband HF yagi, two 3-element 6m yagis, 11-element 432-MHz yagi,
and two 11-element 222-MHz yagis
- By use of a MFJ-945E antenna tuner the triband yagi is usable on 20m/17m/15m/12m/10m.
- 50-foot tower#1 supports the 2m EME array with four cross-element yagis.
- The 2m-EME station running 600w is usable for both tropo and meteor scatter.
- A 45-element 1296 loop-yagi and an 18-element 900 MHz loop-yagi have been mounted
on the EME tower and are rotatable in azimuth and elevation.
- I have a satellite antenna system for four bands: 145, 435, 1268 and 2401 MHz.
They are rotatable in azimuth and elevation.
- A 16-foot (4.9m) dish was installed in November, 2008 for 1296 & 1420 MHz.
- I have a portable-rover station for use on 10,368 MHz.
Future Plans:
- Construct and install Lindenblad antennas for 144 & 432 MHz satellite operations.
Completed Feb. 1, 2010
- Recondition a 2900-volt, 850-mA power supply to increase my transmit power on 144 MHz to 1500 watts.
- Modify a surplus NDB for CW use on 500-KHz; Install with loading coil to Inverted-L antenna.
Under Construction - Jan. 2010
- Build a Communications-Concepts EB27A 300w HF/600m linear amplifier kit
Kit ordered - Mar. 2010
- Build a Communications-Concepts EB67 100w 432-MHz linear amplifier kit
Parts ordered - Mar. 2010
- Finish the EME station on 1296 running 60w.
Under Construction - Sept. 2009
- Construct and install 1296 300 watt LDMOS amplifier at the dish.
Under Construction - Jan. 2010
- Interface Rubidium Freq. Ref with DEMI 10-4 distribution unit
Completed Jan. 24, 2010
- Install PLL board in 1296 transverter locked to Rubidium
- Build new Septum feeds for 1296 and 3400
- Build a 3456 transverter with ApolLO-32 PLL installed
- Combine two Toshiba amplifiers for 80w on 3456 MHz.
- Install permanent CW beacons for 2m (2 watt) and 10 GHz (1 watt) with cross-band FM repeat from 445.450 MHz
- Construct new 30m dipole to be installed as a sloping dipole from the HF tower.
- Construct a 222 MHz xvtr with 150w amplifier.
- Combine two amplifiers for 300w on 222 MHz.
- Build two stations (each) for 3456 and 24,192 MHz in the near future so there will be loaners
for those bands as well.
For more detail see the links from the home page.
My name is Ed Cole and I have held the following ham radio licenses:
November 11, 2008 - 50th year on Ham radio!