K1JN Station Equipment

Joe's toys!

The station currently consists of the following equipment:

  • Yaesu 1000MP with International Radio filters and front end mod installed.


  • An ICOM IC-706 MKII and LDG Z100 Autotuner combo.
  • Ameritron AL-811H amplifier.

  • Dell 4600 P4 2.4 with a Samsung 712N LCD monitor running DX4WIN for general logging and Writelog for Windows for contesting.

  • Rigblaster sound card interface for voice keying and digital modes.

  • A pair of I.C.E. model 419 bandpass filters from Array Solutions.

  • Heil Proset with HC-4 element for the 1000MP and a Heil HS-706 headset for the 706.

  • Yaesu MD-100 desk mic with a Heil HC-5 element installed.

  • Bencher ST-1 paddles.

  • Ameritron RCS-4 remote antenna switch.

  • MFJ-962C 1.5 Kilowatt antenna tuner.

  • Astron RS-35A linear power supply and SS-30 switching power supply.

  • Hy Gain Ham III rotor and TX2 control box with an Idiom Press Rotor EZ board installed.

  • Heights 56' freestanding aluminum tower.

  • Cushcraft A4S 4 element tribander with an A744 40m kit at 60'.

  • Cushcraft D3W rotatable trap dipole for 30/17/12 meters fixed mounted at 48'.

  • Half sloper for 80M at 68'.

  • 160 meter inverted L with raised radials

  • For 2M/440 FM, a Yaesu FT-5100 feeding a Diamond X50A dual band vertical antenna.


  • An ICOM IC-706 MKIIfeeding a 6 meter vertical dipole and a 2 meter horizontal loop antenna.
      MOBILE

  • A Yaesu FT-1500M 2 meter rig and a Diamond M285 2M 5/8 WL antenna.

      • MISC. TOYS

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  • Yaesu FT-50RD 2M/440 HT

  • Yaesu VX-1R Micro 2M/440 HT

  • Garmin GPS 48 handheld GPS unit.

  • Radio Shack PRO-51 handheld scanner.