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A McLendon Family in North Carolina - Mike
KE4U - Operating Position I've been a ham since 1993 when some colleagues at my
the now defunct Bell Northern Research (Nortel) goaded me into studying for the
exams. I am glad they did - this is a great hobby - I have spent a lot of time (and
some money) along the way. 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 a A+
operator as well as the casual weekend operator. Elecraft is a fine company with
excellent engineering, materials, ergonomic design and customer support.
Automatically controls the antenna switching thru an Elecraft KRC2 Band Decoder.
Yaesu VL-1000 is a really solid HF amplifier. Totally integrated with the K3 and
almost completely transparent to operations.
The Harris RF-601 1KW automatic antenna coupler is 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?
HF Antenna is a 3 element SteppIR up about 55 feet. Lots of gain, sharp nulls,
automatic tuning, excellent engineering and materials - the list goes on....
Automatically tuned via the K3.
Weather Station is a Davis Vantage PRO coupled to a Tiny-Track 4 fill-in / weather
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.
the now defunct Bell Northern Research (Nortel) goaded me into studying for the
exams. I am glad they did - this is a great hobby - I have spent a lot of time (and
some money) along the way. 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 a A+
operator as well as the casual weekend operator. Elecraft is a fine company with
excellent engineering, materials, ergonomic design and customer support.
Automatically controls the antenna switching thru an Elecraft KRC2 Band Decoder.
Yaesu VL-1000 is a really solid HF amplifier. Totally integrated with the K3 and
almost completely transparent to operations.
The Harris RF-601 1KW automatic antenna coupler is 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?
HF Antenna is a 3 element SteppIR up about 55 feet. Lots of gain, sharp nulls,
automatic tuning, excellent engineering and materials - the list goes on....
Automatically tuned via the K3.
Weather Station is a Davis Vantage PRO coupled to a Tiny-Track 4 fill-in / weather
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.
