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A McLendon Family in North Carolina - Mike
KE4U - Operating Position I've been a ham since 1993 when some colleagues
goaded me into studying for the exams. I am glad they did - this is a great hobby! An
amateur radio license is a license to experiment with communications and
communications technology, which is first class entertainment for me. I get on the air
occasionally and enjoy various digital and analog modes, contests, DXing, rag chews,
nets etc. I have a compact radio station and enjoy using it when time permits. I also
enjoy writing software for the amateur community.
Equipment
Elecraft K3. I give it great ratings and it has design elements that appeal to the A+
operator as well as the casual weekend operator. Elecraft is a fine company with
excellent engineering, materials, ergonomic design and customer support. The K3
automatically controls the antenna switching thru an Elecraft KRC2 Band Decoder.
Yaesu VL-1000. A really solid HF amplifier. Totally automated via the K3 and almost
completely transparent to operations.
Harris RF-601 1KW automatic antenna coupler. Really flexible matching a random
length horizontal wire or dipole. This is a piece of 1980's technology that is now hard
to find at a reasonable price. You have to ask yourself, do I really need a nitrogen
pressurized antenna tuner rated for 1KW continuous power dissipation?
SteppIR 3 element antenna is up about 55 feet. Lots of gain, sharp nulls, automatic
tuning via the K3, excellent engineering and materials. Random length inverted v
handles the lower frequencies.
Davis Vantage PRO weather station is coupled to a Tiny-Track 4 digipeater driving a
Kenwood TM-271 on the APRS frequency 144.39MHz.
The 55’ crank-up tower and 20’ double-tube steel mast is very convenient but as the
years pass the thing gets heavier and heavier to crank. Chuck, K4NYS, is on the
tower completing the SteppIR installation.
goaded me into studying for the exams. I am glad they did - this is a great hobby! An
amateur radio license is a license to experiment with communications and
communications technology, which is first class entertainment for me. I get on the air
occasionally and enjoy various digital and analog modes, contests, DXing, rag chews,
nets etc. I have a compact radio station and enjoy using it when time permits. I also
enjoy writing software for the amateur community.
Equipment
Elecraft K3. I give it great ratings and it has design elements that appeal to the A+
operator as well as the casual weekend operator. Elecraft is a fine company with
excellent engineering, materials, ergonomic design and customer support. The K3
automatically controls the antenna switching thru an Elecraft KRC2 Band Decoder.
Yaesu VL-1000. A really solid HF amplifier. Totally automated via the K3 and almost
completely transparent to operations.
Harris RF-601 1KW automatic antenna coupler. Really flexible matching a random
length horizontal wire or dipole. This is a piece of 1980's technology that is now hard
to find at a reasonable price. You have to ask yourself, do I really need a nitrogen
pressurized antenna tuner rated for 1KW continuous power dissipation?
SteppIR 3 element antenna is up about 55 feet. Lots of gain, sharp nulls, automatic
tuning via the K3, excellent engineering and materials. Random length inverted v
handles the lower frequencies.
Davis Vantage PRO weather station is coupled to a Tiny-Track 4 digipeater driving a
Kenwood TM-271 on the APRS frequency 144.39MHz.
The 55’ crank-up tower and 20’ double-tube steel mast is very convenient but as the
years pass the thing gets heavier and heavier to crank. Chuck, K4NYS, is on the
tower completing the SteppIR installation.
