After essentially being off the HF bands for several years, I erected several low dipoles in 2007. I finished working all the U.S. counties in 2007 and started on DXCC. Despite band conditions and low antennas, I've done reasonably well. The small amplifier has helped immensely on 20 meters SSB where I run about 450 watts. When I use the other bands, however, I only run up to 70 watts on SSB or 40 watts on RTTY and PSK-31.	THE HF STATION The heart of the HF part of my shack consists of a Yaesu FT-890AT transceiver,one of the best little radios I've ever used. This unit is usually run barefoot, but occasionally gets some help from the Ameritron AL-811 amplifier and MFJ-962B antenna tuner. Accessories include an MFJ-784 DSP filter, MFJ-1279 Deluxe Sound Card Radio Interface, MFJ-434 Voice Keyer, Ameritron ARB-704, and an MFJ-1262 Mic Switch.	I have not been very active on CW for some time, however I still enjoy it and sometimes pick up a DX station using it. It is interesting to run QRP, and while hunting DX, I have been a little more active on that mode as well. I work about as much PSK-31 as I do SSB, but for some reason I seem prefer RTTY even though I seldom run it. Maybe it is just the signal itself that that I like. It is much more interesting than the "hum" of a PSK signal.
HF Base Yaesu FT-890AT XCVR MFJ-784 Tunable DSP Filter MFJ-434 Contest Voice Keyer MFJ-962B Antenna Tuner Ameritron AL-811 amplifier (20 & 10 meter SSB only) Astron RM-35 Power Supply NVIS dipole antennas for 75, 40, 20, 10 meters. 40 meter dipole on 17 & 15 meters	VHF/UHF Yaesu FT-7800R VHF/UHF FM XCVR GE Phoenix 16 Ch. VHF XCVR (2) Realistic HTX-202 Handhelds Realistic HTX-404 Handheld Yaesu FT-897D XCVR Cushcraft AR-270 VHF/UHF Antenna	APRS Home/Portable APRS Station (UI-View) Yaesu FT-897D transceiver MFJ-1279 Deluxe Sound Card Interface Dell Latitude D-610 Laptop Mobile Station WA0KAQ-4 TinyTrak3Plus with Magellan Gold GPS, Realistic HTX-202 hand held, Realistic 30-watt amplifier, Hustler 5/8-wave mag-mount antenna.
PSK-31 Yaesu FT-897D transceiver MFJ-1279 Deluxe Sound Card Interface FLdigi Software 5-40 watts to low dipole antennas	VHF Packet Radio Available but no longer monitored 145.010 (CANON) - Canon City 144.930 (CANON) - Canon City	RTTY Yaesu FT-897D transceiver MFJ-1279 Deluxe Sound Card Interface FLdigi Software 5-40 watts to low dipole antennas