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W5DNT / W5FR EM-01wo Hamilton County, Texas |
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The 4 element SteppIR yagi sits atop a US Tower HDX-555 at 57’, turned by a Yaesu 2800 rotor. Inverted Vees for 160 and 80 meters are also mounted on the tower, as is a VHF/UHF 5 element yagi. Shown below is the tower’s base, which includes a service platform, access ladder, raising fixture and lightning protection system. Not visible are the 10 yards of concrete and 250 lbs. of re-bar used in the engineered base.
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Here are a couple of views of the ranch station. First, the original 756 PRO III and Alpha 87A operating postion, followed by the new equipment configuration which now accomodates an IC-7800 as the primary transceiver, along with both an Alpha 9500 for HF and an Alpha 8406 amp for 6 meters. |
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An R-8 vertical is also kept around as a reference point to demonstrate how nice it is to finally have a yagi up. The family dog “DiXie” (sk 2008) stands guard! |
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An Array Solutions K9AY Loop, located about 200’ from the transmit antennas, is used as an 80 and 160 meter receive antenna. |
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W5DNT / W5FR Ranch Station Location: Hamilton County, Texas (EM01wo)
Primary Rig: ICOM 7800 Alpha 9500 Automatic Linear Amplifier Alpha 8406 Six Meter Linear Amplifier
Secondary Rig: ICOM 756 PROIII Ameritron AL-1200 Amplifier
Digital Mix-2.18 Multi-mode Software Micro Keyer II Multiple Am Com Clearspeech DSPs Pentium 4 Mobile Centrino 1.4GHZ PC DV Dongle for DSTAR
VHF/UHF Rigs Kenwood TH-D72 HT Kenwood TS-733 Transceiver
Antennas: Four element SteppIR with 40/30M adder at 57’ 160/80/40M “Fan” Inverted Vees at 55’ K9AY Loop for 80/160M Receive Antenna Cushcraft R-8 Half Wave Vertical (for grins!) 5 element Yagi at 68’ for 2M/440Mhz Palstar AT-1500DT Matchbox Alpha 4510 Wattmeter Drake W-4 Wattmeter (6M use)
Microphones Heil PR-781 Heil Pro Set HC-5 & HC-6 RadioSport RS60CF with M208 Wide Response Dynamic Mic Element W2IHY’s 8 Band EQ, EQ Plus & iPlus
CW Paddles Begali Sculpture Begali Signature Begali Camelback
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