PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN!
ZS6XU & ZS6VXN
STEVEN & ANDREA BAYNES
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| LOCATED AT 44 BOND STREET, FERNDALE, RANDBURG, GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA | GRID LOCATOR KG33XV |
| We are members of the Sandton Amateur Radio Club |
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A low angle view from the
bottom of the garden. The shack is on the right side of the upper storey. Note the PTZ
(Pan, Tilt, Zoom)Video camera on the tower. The antenna on the left is for orbiting
weather satellites. The small dishes on the roof are for digital television reception and
internet download. The wire antenna going left from the tower is an all band HF folded dipole. The G5RV is not visible but is inverted from the tower left and right. |
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The shack, my
getaway and den. The desk on the left is also my office (yes, I'm in my
shack every day) The console is
all of the equipment a man needs in his shack (try tell that to the wife!) to communicate
on almost every mode and frequency. The amp on the floor (left) is an old RF Communications Linear restored during winter. To view the equipment line-up and to see pictures of my
vehicles click HERE |
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The main tower and the
modified C-Band dish. The antennas are: TH3 Thunderbird Tribander 4 El 6M Yagi G5RV & Yaesu TWD Ground planes for 2M 4 Stack dipole for 70CM Corner reflectors for some commercial stuff Midband Dipoles for more commercial stuff 40M Inverted Vee And some other bits for Trunked radio and testing in the workshop downstairs |
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The Az-El Array and the dish. The Az-El Antenna system is a RHCP antenna for UHF, a Yagi also for UHF and a 14 Element VHF yagi. All fed to a pre-amp / relay box just under the rotator. |
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The Earthed Entry Panel (EEP) All antenna cables as well as control cables enter the shack here. The plate is grounded to the mains earth as well as the tower ground with 1" wide copper strap. All of the antennas are fed with low loss cables such as LMR 400 and Foam Heliax. The white cable is an RG 214 equivalent but made from Teflon and Silver plated copper wire. Loss is the same as Foam Heliax. We have lots of lightning in Gauteng, I take no chances! The mains power filter and surge protection is also grounded to the plate. |
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Detail of the tower base. The pipe on the right is the chemical feed earthing system. The pipe feeding it is the overflow from the geyser and the drain from the air conditioner in the shack. The tower is grounded through the bolts holding it and the cage is bonded to the ground system underneath the cement base. The copper ground strap runs down the side of the base to the main ground. |
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For those of you who don't know what I look like, thats
me! This picture was taken in 1997, so I guess I still look the same! the shack has changed though! |
E-Mail us! 
Click on this letterbox!
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And last but not least my cat Turbo (ZS6CAT) helping to call CQ Dog X-Ray! |
Andrea: Her Other Hobby
My Son Matthew: a Budding Computer Scientist
This website was last updated: 30 January 2004 21:37
Copyright: Steven J. Baynes ZS6XU
