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Ed and Janet Cole
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As of December 2007:
- The main radio for the home station is a Yaesu FT-847.
- My mobile station is a Yaesu FT-817 with RF-Concepts 45 watt 2m linear and 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.
- I have a 80/40m inverted-V dipole and a 20m sloper-dipole installed on a new 30-foot HF tower attached
to the west end of the house.
- Also there is a 6m/10m J-Pole using a ten-foot tower section and 24-foot aluminum mast.
- A 30-foot tower supports a 3-element 6m yagi, 11-element 432-MHz yagi, and two 11-element 222-MHz yagis
- A 50-foot tower supports the 2m EME array with four cross-element yagis.
- The 2m-EME station is usable for both tropo and meteor scatter.
- Two 45-element 1296 loop-yagis 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 three bands: 145, 435, and 2401 MHz.
They are rotatable in azimuth and elevation. Currently this is in the process of being reassembled.
- The 432 MHz satellite antenna and 60 watt amplifier will be usable for QRP 432-EME.
- I have a portable-rover station for use on 10,368 MHz.
Future Plans:
2008:
- Construct Long Beverage Receiving antenna for 160m and 600m.
- Install 80m Half-square/160m "EWE" antenna between the two towers.
- Install the satellite antennas on foldover 10-foot tower.
Under Construction - Oct. 2007
- Increase my transmit power on 144 MHz to 700 watts (completion of 8877 amplifier).
Under Construction - Dec. 2007
- Recondition a 2900-volt, 850-mA power supply to increase my transmit power on 144 MHz to 1500 watts.
- Construct a 222 MHz xvtr with 150w amplifier.
- Set up 900-MHz Motorola 100w linear amp.
- Raise HF tower to 50-foot and add HF Tri-Band Beam and second 3-element 6m yagi.
- Modify 20m dipole to 18m.
- Add 2304 MHz transverter, 60w amplifier, and 2.3 GHz loop-yagi antenna on the EME tower.
- Finish the EME station on 1296 and build an az-el mount for the 16-foot dish.
- Construct water-cooling and install 1296 250 watt (GI-7b) amplifier.
- Install permanent CW beacons for 2m (2 watt) and 10 GHz (1 watt) with cross-band FM
repeat from 445.450 MHz on a 120-foot tower 4-miles from my home.
2009:
- Construct a second 2m mgf-1801 preamp
- Integrate a second SDR with 144/28 converter for full polarization display in Linrad
- Restore computer-controlled az-el movement of 8-foot dish
- Install 10,368 MHz EME System on the eight-foot dish.
- Raise the eight-foot dish to 12 feet on a short-tower.
- Combine two amplifiers for 300w on 222 MHz.
- Combine two amplifiers for 80w on 3456 MHz.
- Build one more 10 GHz station for use as a loaner or temporary beacon.
- 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!
