Ham History
I was first licensed as KB4WQO in February of 1987. Later that month I upgraded to general class. Early the next month I upgraded to advanced class. Finally on May 7, 1988 I upgraded to extra class. November 4, 1996 I received the vanity call of WC4I, which I plan to keep.
I started with a tribander and some dipoles. When I got interested in dxing and contesting I began what seems like a never-ending process of upgrading antennas and equipment. I currently run the following equipment:
· Yaesu FT 1000D
· Yaesu FT 1000MP
MKV
· Ameritron
AL-1500 amp
· RIGblaster Pro
for digital contesting, Dxing and ragchew.
· 4 Computers
for Internet, logging, & packet clusters. Dell Pentium 4, Sony Pentium 4
& a Dell Celeron.
· Icom 28H and
Alinco DR-600 for 2m and 440.
The equipment in the shack is
pictured in the photos section.
The antenna system consists of 2 towers and the following antennas:
Tower #1= 144 feet
· 144ft-- Force
12, EF 180B rotatable dipole for 80m. I have the 3 relay switch box on it which
gives me 3 sections in the phone and 3 in the cw portion. It works very well.
· 134ft—Cushcraft
2m/440 dual band omni.
· 132ft—Force
12, 5-element 15-meter monobander.
· 124ft—M2,
4-element 10-meter monobander.
· 99ft---- Force
12, 5-element 15-meter monobander.
· 91ft---- M2, 4-element 10-meter monobander.
· 66ft---- Force
12, 5-element 15-meter monobander.
· 58ft---- M2,
4-element 10-meter monobander.
The 15m antennas are in a stack, 5 over 5
over 5. I use WX0B's Stack Match to run
them in varying configurations, upper, middle, lower, or all 3.
The 10m antennas are in a stack, 4 over 4 over 4 using WX0B's Stack Match to run them in varying configurations, upper, middle, lower, or all 3.
Tower #2= 150 feet
· 150ft—M2,
4-element 20-meter monobander.
· 140ft--- Force
12, 3-element 40-meter monobander.
· 139ft---
Radiowavz 160-meter Double Bazooka Inverted V
· 100ft--- M2,
4-element 20-meter monobander.
· 66ft-----Force
12, 3-element 40-meter monobander.
· 50ft----- M2,
4-element 20-meter monobander.
The 20m antennas are in a stack, 4 over 4 over 4 using WX0B's Stack Match to run them in varying configurations, upper, middle, lower, or all 3.
The
40m antennas are in a stack, 3 over 3 using WX0B's Stack Match II to run them in varying configurations,
upper, lower, or both.
