Thread: Hams, what's your station like?

Just curious what the other hams on the board use.
I'm rebuilding my station, using mobile rigs.
I have a Kenwood Ts-480SAT hf radio that I recently
Had opened for MARS use, a Kenwood TM-V7A dual band (the one with the blue face that's unreadable in the daylight). Antenna wise, I have a homebrew dual band copper j-pole, a Hy-Gain 14AVQ and a G5RV for hf use.I may venture into building a long wire.

Handheld wise I have a Yaesu FT-50R dual band, a Icom IC-V8 2 meter, and a Kenwood TS-F6A tri band on the way.

I need to pick up a larger power supply in the next month or two.

I've always wanted to get into it but never have, just don't know any thing about it

-dan-

It's actually pretty simple. The FCC has all but done away with morse code.
The questions and answers are available on the Internet, the test itself is multiple choice.
There are only 3 classes of license now, down from 5. Start studying for the tech license, that's the first, and
there are clubs all over the country that administer the tests.

I started out before code was no longer a requirement, but only learned to receive at 5wpm. I have my general
class license, which is the mid-class "ticket". Extra is top dog. I just can't seem to motivate myself to start
studying again lol.I might though, I'm starting to get the radio bug again, buying new equipment and starting to get it all hooked up. Kinda like a new razor....as soon as you get it you want to shave right that moment.

There's another form of RAD: RADIO Acquisition Disorder, and if the ham radio bug
bites you, you're gonna get it!

My station:
Elecraft K3, Yaesu FT-450, Yaesu FT-857
SteppIR 3 element yagi, SteppIR BigIR vertical, 5 element 6M yagi, G5RV
Assorted keys, keyers, and Heil Pro headsets
And a couple of different digital interfaces
Toshiba laptop
Extra Class and Commercial Radiotelegraph tickets

DX Rules!

73,
Paul
A35A, 3D2RK, KK6H

You said a mouthful! My ham rad was in remission until a few weeks ago.
I still need to pick up another power supply and a couple of 100 foot lengths of coax.
Got the TH-F6A in today's mail, not a bad little ht. Would like to pick up a spare battery in the future.

My call is KD5AFE, but have applied for a vanity call, AA5AC, won't know if I will get it for another month or so. (my initials are AC)

Yaesu FT-450
Alpha-Delta DX-EE fan dipole, mounted in attic
LDG Z-11 Pro tuner

Yaesu FT-817
JacKite 31' windsock pole, homebrew 20m / 40m dipole (loading coils for 40m)

Yaesu VX-170 2m HT

Icom IC-706 mkIIg (on boat)

Charles / VA7CPC

Talk about a bank busting hobby. Yea you can get started cheap but if you get serious watch out. I've never had a yen to get into it but I have a pretty good shortwave setup with a customized Icom R-71A. I just listen to you guys talk.

I just got my Extra ticket 3 months ago. I have yet to even touch an HF rig.

Right now I have a Yeasu 8900, a Kenwood D700 with APRS, and an Icom 207H.

I do Skywarn for the D/FW Metroplex. That's how I lost my Dodge truck. May 24 when all the tornadoes can through here, all the power was out and I was T Boned by an uninsured driver. Totaled my truck and broke my shoulder.

Ouch, sorry to hear about the accident. I volunteered with Skywarn & Emergency Management as a spotter (Skywarn)& webmaster/radio communications (E.M.). I was with them for 5 or 6 years, until I stepped down due to health.

I'm off the air, hf-wise, until I can get an antenna in the air. We had a lightning storm come through and must've taken my G5RV out. It also got the sensor on the satellite dish and one receiver. Fortunately I had all radio equipment unplugged from electric and disconnected from coax.

Yeasu FT-450, LDG Z-11 Pro autotuner, Alpha Delta fan dipole in the attic. A Yaesu FT-817 and VX-170 for VHF. Nothing fancy.

I generally work RTTY and CW contests; the "big guns" can hear me a lot better than anyone else, even through QRM. You'll find my callsign toward the bottom of the contest lists.

Charles VA7CPC