The operating position pictures above are old.
The station has since changed immensely although the physical layout has remained the same.
The station can vary over time, but the basic configuration consists of:
Transceivers
| Ten-Tec | Omni-VI+ main dx station & Scout Model 555 |
| Yaesu | FT-847, FT-857 for mobile & FT-990 |
| Collins | KWM-2 |
| Swan | SS-200 |
| Drake | TR-4 |
| ICOM | IC-M700 |
| SGC | SG-2000 |
| SEA | SEA225 |
| Alinco | DX-70TH & DX-701 |
| Hull | Model 230 (anyone have a manual?) |
| Motorola Mobat | Micom-3 for CAP ALE use, owned by CAP |
Amplifiers
| Alpha Power | Alpha 99 (Two 4CX800A) |
| Gonset | GSB-201 (Four 811A) |
| Collins | 30L-1 |
| Swan | Mark 6B (Two 3-400Z) for 6 meters |
| Ameritron | ALS-500M (solid state) |
| Homebrew | Various w/ 813's, 4-400's & 4-1000's, not on-line |
Antennae & Tuners
| 160m | Inverted-L
@ 70 ft
Full-size inverted V |
@
70 ft with 900 ft
radials
Apex @ 60 ft |
| 80m | Modified HyGain HighTower | top-hat with 2500 ft radials |
| 40m | Vertical (90 deg. vertical) | Home-built with 8 radials |
| 60m | Inverted-V | Apex @ 30 ft |
| 30m | Elevated Vertical over counterpoise | Homebuilt |
| 20m | SteppIR @ 80 ft & elevated vertical over counterpoise | 3 element yagi |
| 17m | 3el mono-band yagi @ 10m & SteppIR | Home-Built |
| 15m | SteppIR @ 80 ft | 3 element yagi |
| 12m | 3el mono-band yagi @ 15m & SteppIR | Home-Built |
| 10m | 6el mono-band yagi @ 10m & SteppIR | Home-Built |
| 6m | 5el mono-band yagi @ 12m & SteppIR | HyGain |
| H.F. Mobile | Hi-Q | Hi-Q-4/160 RT |
| H.F. Miscellaneous | Various end-fed wires & Sloping Windom from 75 ft | |
| CAP & USCG AUX H.F. | Various resonant Inverted-V's, T2FD, SteppIR, end-fed wires | T2FD also used for ALE |
| VHF-2M omni-directional | 5/8 WL and/or dual-band | 30 & 75 ft |
| VHF-2m directional | 4 & 5 element yagis | Fixed @ 30 ft |
| VHF-broadband (138-174 MHz) | CellWave | Omni @ 20 ft |
| LDG | AT-600PRO, AT-200PRO | Also used for ALE |
| MFJ | MFJ-993 | Also used for ALE |
| Alinco | EDX-2 | End-fed wire |
| SEA | 1625 | End-fed wire |
| HULL | H-402CU (ATU-251) | End-fed wire |
| VCI | HFT-1500 | Rarely used |
| Dentron | Super Tuner | Rarely used |
Misc.
| RTTY TU #1 & 2 | 2 ea ST-6000 (HighTone & Low Tone) | HAL Communications Corp. |
| RTTY TU #3 & 4 | FSK-1000 & FSK-500 | IRL |
| RTTY TU #5 | HD-3030 | Heath |
| Antenna Tuners | AT-11MP, AT-100Pro, RT-11, Z-11, SEA | LDG |
| Antenna Tuner | HFT-1500 | Vectronics |
| RTTY Software | TRTY for general use | WØSE |
| RTTY Software | RTTY for contesting | WF1B |
| PSK Software | W1SQLPSK et al | W1SQL Software |
| Logging Software | ProLog2K | DataMatrix |
| DX Cluster | DXTelnet suite for DXCC mode alerts | Fabrizio Sartoni |
| E.F. Johnson | RS-5300 transceivers | P-25, 2m, Marine, CAP, commercial use |
This location is also host to the WAØROI (AR-Cluster) DX Cluster. The primary user access is via a Hustler G7 antenna at 85 ft with a
tx power of 20 watts and provides coverage for Des Moines, Ames & surrounding areas. Secondary access is via a M2 4el Yagi aimed east toward Mingo, IA.WAØROI DX-Cluster User Ports
| Primary port | 147.51 MHz Simplex | Secondary port | 144.91 MHz Simplex |
We also gratefully recognize the major role played by Dave Zeph, W9ZRX as the Remote Administrator who makes sure the updates are installed and the configuration remains current.
