K1PT STATION PHOTOS
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THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS ONE REASON WHY K1PT'S STATION IS SO SUCCESSFUL. THE COLLAGE OF PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN FROM THE TOP OF HIS TOWER AND SHOW THE VIEW FROM NORTHWEST (LEFT) TO EAST (RIGHT). CLICK THE PHOTO TO SEE THE FULL SIZE VIEW.
Paul, K1PT, sitting at the operating position
The pictures above show K1PT's tower, which is 60ft of Rohn 45. Installed is a C31XR @ 60ft and 402CD @ 70ft. attached to the cross arms are the 80m inverted vee and 160m inverted L.
Here are some views of the shack. The picture to the left shows the band pass filters and WX0B SO2R switch box. The C31XR is unique as it has three driven elements, one for each band. Essentially it is a 7el 10m yagi, a 5el 15m yagi, and 3el 20m yagi, all on the same boom. Separate feed lines were installed for each band and with stubs and the band pass filters, it is an effective SO2R station. There is absolutely no interference between the stations. It is amazing that you can be running on 10m and listening on 15m with no interference with the antennas on the same boom. The station is completely automated, much of it designed by K1PT. Paul has asked me to post information on some of the projects he has done, including the W8JI FT1000MP de-clicking mod, band pass decoders, ETC. Eventually he will build six home brew legal limit amplifiers, one for each band.
Here are two pictures Paul took of me (N2NL) operating the 2002 January NAQP CW contest. I prefer using two computers when operating SO2R because it makes the whole operation much simpler and easier. I find it much easier to be able to enter a call sign on the 2nd computer, enter the info, and leave it until I'm able to work it (if I'm running on the primary station). I prefer to listen to one radio in each ear rather than mixing audio which confuses me. I can't do it with SSB yet, but with CW I can copy and understand separate call signs and basic QSO information in each ear independently. I learned how to do this by practicing during the NAQP contest which I consider as one of the easiest contests to learn SO2R since CQing frequencies usually aren't that difficult to find, unlike CQWW where you can lose it in a heartbeat.
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