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!
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