Photos of PNW VHF Society Conference in Tacoma, Sept. 22-23

 Eric's Rig.JPG (134000 bytes) Eric-KB7DQH takes his VHF Mt. topping hobby to the max.  His VW van has everything including a swivel mounted crank-up tower.
His "SHACK" takes up the entire passenger side.  Click on the picture and count the number of transceivers and scanners.... WOW!
InsideVW-Bug.jpg (279966 bytes)
 Gabor.jpg (59774 bytes) Gabor Horvath-VE7DXG is one of the most successful VHF DXers around.  Hoping to discover the secret to his success...... 
                       Always be ready, and monitor, monitor, monitor.  24 hours a day on all bands.
Jim Aquirre-W7DHC.JPG (94575 bytes)

Jim-W7DHC was on of the key organizers of this conference and prime organizer of the formation of the new Pacific Northwest VHF Society
UHF-Amp.JPG (147052 bytes)

UHF-Transverter NU7Z's setup of a 24 gHz transverter. The "box" contains the transverter, HPA and power supplies.
VHF-Converter.JPG (135893 bytes)

1180 mHz Osc.     This is the matching oscillator section for the transverter above.  Each components is enclosed in it's own metal chassis.
UHF-Horn.JPG (87042 bytes)

UFH Horn             So..... with 500mw output into a 4 ft. horn, what is the effective power?  Care to stand in front of it and take a look?
UHF-ConverterKit.JPG (139896 bytes)

UHF Converter Kit.Lots of information provided on sources for microwave components and kits.
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