TEXINS Amateur Radio Club

K5DM Station Equipment

2m Voice Repeater Info

K5DM/R is the repeater callsign.
Input: 144.830-MHz/Output: 145.430-MHz
Coordinated since 1980.
Autopatch for club members only. Contact club secretary for info.
Located off TI Blvd (formerly Floyd Rd.) northeast of the intersection of LBJ Freeway (I-635) and N. Central Expressway.
Maidenhead grid square: EM12pw
Lat/Lon: 32° 55' 00" N/96° 45' 00" W

RECEIVER	Icom 22A
TRANSMITTER	Spec. Comm 10-W
POWER AMP	Mirage 100-W
ISOLATOR	Celwave
DUPLEXER	4 cavity Wacom, >90-dB isolation
CONTROLLER	ACC RC-850 with ACC DVR
ANTENNA	dB Products DB-224 w/ 7/8-inch Heliax. 260-ft on SW leg of Texas Instruments' comm tower. Antenna is offset 5-feet from tower.

Repeater information and Autopatch Speed Dial information:

Contact Troy Wolford, AD5RG, Repeater Chairman.

Amateur Television Repeater Info

The K5DM ATV System is no longer on 426.25 MHz.

Channel 4 weather radar can be seen on the AB5IG ATV repeater.
More can be found out about this system at: http://www.hamtv.org/

AB5IG ATV repeater

Outputs

Channel 1

2429.25-MHz Visual
2433.75-MHz Aural

Channel 2

2441.25 MHz Visual
2445.75 MHz Aural

Inputs

1250.0 MHz FM Vid/Aud
24.025 GHz FM Vid/Aud

Lee Rhoden, AB5IG, at Seabrook Computers (972) 480-0060, sells surplus
downconverters for $35. Price includes the power supply and antenna.
With this, you can receive his repeater on either ch 10 and/or 12 on
your home tv.
--W5RD

Towers and Antenna

Picture provided by Troy Wolford, AD5RG

Above are our two towers. We have on the North tower (to the right) the 12m/17m 3 element beam (converted Hy-Gain DB1015) and Force 12 40m beam (240N). South Tower (to the left) has the M2 6m beam (6M7), M2 2m beam (2M12), and our repaired TH6DXX.

Everyone can see the results of the K5DM antenna party held this past weekend, (October 11-12, 2003) by the beautiful beams now dressing our towers at the old Credit Union building. Mucho thanks to:

Roger Stierman, WA0VYU
Troy Wolford, AD5RG
Roger White, W5RD
Slim Mitchell, WD5HQW
Ross Watson, WD5FEE
Herb Scott, WR5V
Rusty Haddock, KD4WLZ

HF Equipment

Kenwood TS-940S, SP-940 speaker, IRCI cw filters
Heath SB-220 amp (1 kW, 80 - 10), Henry 3K-A amp (2 kW, 80-10)
AEA MM-3 Keyer, Vibroplex Brass Racer paddles
AEA PK-232 Packet/Baudot/Amtor/Fax/etc. Controller, 386/40 PC Controller
TH6 @ 70' for 20/15/10
402BA @ 80' for 40M (down for repairs/refit)
HyGain DB1015A dual band 3 el Yagi for 10 & 15 Meters (in storage AD5RG)
40/80m Dipole at 50'
Swan 250 6M SSB/CW with Cushcraft A-50-3 3el 6m beam

Satellite Equipment

Icom IC-471H (435 MHz)
Kenwood TR-9130 (145 MHz) & GaAsFet Preamp
KLM 420-40CX, 435 MHz, uplink, 40 el circular polarization
KLM 2M-14C, 145 MHz, downlink, 14 el circular polarization