VA6DX is the call sign of my amateur radio station (ham radio). I've been licensed as an ham operator since 1993 and the hobby has become a very large part of my life. There really is no hobby like it.
Station Tour
VHF/UHF Station
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Rigs in the shack |
Antennas |
| Icom IC-756 for 6 meters | 5 element 6 meter yagi |
| Icom IC-910H 144-432-1296 MHz all-mode | 13 element 2 meter yagi (for FM) |
| Icom IC-271A 144 MHz all-mode | 4 X 9 element 2 meter yagi (SSB/CW) |
| Icom IC-475A 432 MHz all-mode | 2 X 22 element cross yagi (oscar & AU) |
| Microwave Modules 1296 transverter | 2 X Jaybeam MBM-88 70 cm (SSB/CW) |
| Yaesu FT-8000 2M/70cm FM | 2 X 11 element 70 cm yagi |
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Yaesu FT-8500 2M/70cm FM |
long boom 70 cm yagi (SSB/CW/ATV) |
| Yaesu FT-2500M 2 meter FM | long boom 1296 yagi (SSB/CW/ATV) |
| Yaesu FT-2500M 2 meter FM (for packet) | CC Ringo Ranger 2 meter vertical |
| Kenwood TM-V7A and HTX-242 | Sinclair 2 meter folded dipole |
| Unimetrics 2 meter FM (APRS) | 2 X 1.2 GHz long boom Loop Yagi |
| Yaesu FT-8900 quad band | Multiband Discone (three) |
| Kenwood TM-D700A (with built-in TNC for APRS) | 4 X 2.4 GHz 24dbi grid antennas |
| HTs: TH-D7AG, FT-530, IC-Q7A, 2 X HTX-202 | 3 X 2.4 GHz omni directional verticals |
HF Station
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Rigs in the shack |
Antennas |
| Yaesu FT-1000mp | A4S tribander for 20, 15, & 10 meters |
| Icom IC-756 (back-up rig) | 40 meter inverted-V |
| Yaesu FT-101E (back-up rig for back-up) | 80 meter Inverted-V |
| 160 meter 'slanted' Inverted-L |
Receivers
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Icom IC-R7000 all-mode Communications Receiver |
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Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT AM/FM scanner |
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Realistic PRO-2006 AM/FM scanner |
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Icom IC-R10 All-mode Receiver |
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Icom IC-R3 with Video (general coverage & ATV) |
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Uniden Bearcat BC245XLT scanner |
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Realistic PRO-37 AM/FM extended coverage scanner |
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Realistic VHF/UHF FM scanner (one of the first RS programmable scanners) |
Digital
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PC based WriteLog for WIndows for HF (RTTY, Packet, etc.) |
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AEA DSP-232 Multi-mode TNC (dual port) for HF |
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Kantronics KPC-3 TNC for VHF used for DX cluster (have 3 in total) |
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Kantronics KPC-3 plus TNC for VHF (used for APRS & remote control operation) |
ATV
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P.C. Electronics TC70-10 439 MHz Transceiver (two) |
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P.C. Electronics TVC12G 1.2 GHz down-converter |
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A number of G1MFG 1.2 and 2.4 GHz FM Transmitters and Receivers |
Computers
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AMD 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 46 GB HD |
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P3 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB HD |
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1.2 GHz Compaq Laptop, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HD |
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Pentium 200 MHz, 64 MB SDRAM |
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Pentium 66 MHz and 386 MHz Laptop |
