The main radios are a Elecraft K3 and a K4. On HF-6m I use a KPA-1500 or a W6PQL LDMOS amp as the HF amplifier. On 2m I use a W6PQL LDMOS kW amplifier. Homebrew transverters are used on 144 - 432 MHz with various tube amplifiers to get a few hundred Watts for each band. On 903 - 10 GHz I use largely Downeast Microwave transverters driving small solid state amplifiers to no more than 10 Watts each.
Antennas are supported by a 90' Rohn 25G tower and in the case of wire antennas, some nearby tress have been enlisted.
Band | Antenna |
160m | Inv-L over FCP |
80m | Inverted vee, apex at 87' |
40m | Inverted vee, apex at 62' |
20/15/10m | Momobeam TRI10 Tribander at 90' |
6m | 4 element Yagi |
2m | FO12 |
222 MHz | FO16 |
432 MHz | K2RIW 19 el Yagi |
1296 MHz |
45 el Loopyagi |
15m |
3 el Yagi at 35' on a separate tree-mounted tower |