We have almost two feet on the ground and when I got up this morning there was a small mound on top of the az/el.
Someone said I was obsessed with the radios over the past few days, so I haven't switched them on today and it's back to work tomorrow.
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Winter is here!
We have almost two feet on the ground and when I got up this morning there was a small mound on top of the az/el.
Someone said I was obsessed with the radios over the past few days, so I haven't switched them on today and it's back to work tomorrow.
Saturday, 29 December 2012
The station
For today, the equipment in the shack consists of two FT-817 radios for hf and satellite work, a Maxtrac for ISS aprs, a TH-6F that travels with me and an old TS-700 that I am just finishing an overhaul on.
The accessories are an Astron RS-35 power supply, 120ah of gel cells, 30w of solar panels, a bank of coaxial relays with controller to switch antennas and rigs, lightning arrestors, a Pelco 570P surveillance PTZ used as an az/el rotator with a homebrew interface, two desktop computers and a laptop running everything on six displays using one keyboard via Synergy software.
The antennas are minimal. I have a fan dipole in the attic for 12m, 15m, 17m and 20m, rotatable dipoles for 10m and 6m, a 23' vertical and two modified Arrow dual band yagis for the satellites.
Like I said earlier, that is today, in the last few weeks I have sold my FT7900 and DX-SR8T but haven't decided if I should get the Flex 1500 or an FT-857.
Next time, satellites!
The accessories are an Astron RS-35 power supply, 120ah of gel cells, 30w of solar panels, a bank of coaxial relays with controller to switch antennas and rigs, lightning arrestors, a Pelco 570P surveillance PTZ used as an az/el rotator with a homebrew interface, two desktop computers and a laptop running everything on six displays using one keyboard via Synergy software.
The antennas are minimal. I have a fan dipole in the attic for 12m, 15m, 17m and 20m, rotatable dipoles for 10m and 6m, a 23' vertical and two modified Arrow dual band yagis for the satellites.
Like I said earlier, that is today, in the last few weeks I have sold my FT7900 and DX-SR8T but haven't decided if I should get the Flex 1500 or an FT-857.
Next time, satellites!
Procrastination
The beauty about procrastination is that you always have something to do the next day!
I should mention that the antenna pictures I posted previously are slightly out of date!
The vertical hamsticks were removed at the request of my wife and replaced with a 10m and 6m dipole. The 10m works well on AO7a down to about 20degrees and my xyl is happier. Not happy, just happier!
I have to try to post more often!
I should mention that the antenna pictures I posted previously are slightly out of date!
The vertical hamsticks were removed at the request of my wife and replaced with a 10m and 6m dipole. The 10m works well on AO7a down to about 20degrees and my xyl is happier. Not happy, just happier!
I have to try to post more often!
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