KØAWU - HF/VHF/UHF Station Equipment

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HF

Kenwood TS-2000 Transceiver or FlexRadio SDR-1000 or Elecraft K3 - 10Watts / 100watts or Elecraft K3s / 100Watts
Vintage Gear - Hammarlund HQ129X and Hallicrafters S-53A Receivers
- Viking Ranger II or Viking 122 VFO and Viking II or Viking Adventurer @ 20Watts

QRPp - SoftRock Ver 6.1 and 6.2 SDR Transceivers (80,40 and 30m) @ 1 Watt

Antennas - Two Inverted "Vee"s on 80/75m, one favoring N/S other E/W, Fan dipole on 40m and 20m

50Mhz.

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
Homebrew Amplifier With 8560A, 250 Watts Output
Cushcraft A50-5 Yagi at 60ft

144Mhz.

Primary Station
Kenwood TS-2000 Transceiver & ARR Gasfet Preamp
8877 amplifier, 600watts - 1Kw Output
Cushcraft 13B2 Yagi at 65ft Andrew 1/2" LDF

222Mhz.

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
DEM 222-28 Transverter
Homebrew Amplifier With 4CX250B, 250 Watts Output
Cushcraft 220B 15 Elem Yagi/ Single Reflector Mod at 62ft
Times LMR400 Feedline

 

432Mhz.

Kenwood TS-2000 Transceiver with ARR Gasfet Preamp
Homebrew Amplifier With 4CX250B, 250 Watts Output
K2RIW 19 Elem Yagi at 68ft Andrew 1/2" LDF

902Mhz.

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
KK7B "No-Tune" 902-144 Transverter
Ericsson CMS-88 Amplifier 35W. Output
DEM 33LNA Preamp
Directive Systems 33 Elem Loop Yagi at 63ft /LMR400

1296Mhz.

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
DEM 1296-144 Transverter
Pair MRF286's @ 110 Watts Output
Directive Systems 45 Elem Loop Yagi at 67ft Andrew 1/2" LDF

10Ghz Tower System

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
Kuhne 10G Transverter / 25LO
Qualcomm PA 500mw Output
80ft 1/2" Andrew SuperFlex
Surplus KuBand LNA
DEMI 2w & 8Watt Amplifiers
18" DSS Dish & Modified DSS feed at 55 Ft

10Ghz/ Portable

Yaesu FT290RII Transceiver
DEM 10368-144 Transverter
Qualcomm PA 900mw Output
18" DSS Dish & Modified DSS feed

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