I've set up a page that has downloads of various manuals in Acrobat format. All of these are for equipment I have owned with lots on Yaesu...but other stuff is there too. Click Manuals.
Shack-N-Bag
Just added a new page with lots of photos showing my easy to "grab and go" portable station. Click Shack-N-Bag for details.
El Cheapo AZ-EL Rotor System for Satellites
Details on how to assemble my under $50 approach for my AA5FR El Cheapo AZ-EL rotor system for working the LEO (low earth orbit) AMSAT birds. Click Cheapo.
ATAS-120a Antenna
I have gotten so many requests for info and photos on the ATAS antenna, I've created a separate page. Click ATAS to see!
New Shack Additions
Just bought the Kenwood TH-F6A HT to add to my minimalist lineup where less is more. Great little radio in an incredibly small package. Just added the Diamond CR320A Tri-band Mobile Antenna to the car to run this as an easy mobile. Covers the same 144/220/440 as the TH-F6A HT and works MUCH better than the cheapie MFJ dual bander mag mount.
Going HF Mobile
Also, just convinced the XYL that an HF mobile mount is a good idea, especially for mountain topping (she is less convinced about using it while driving)! That way, we can operate portable in the comfort of the car with the top down on the convertible.
Just got the Comet CP-5 and the Yaesu ATAS-120A auto tune antenna. Will also be using the ATAS for portable operation. Update: Just added the Diamond K-400C Mount for the ATAS as I was finding the Comet CP-5 not quite good enough. See new test results now that I have installed the K-400. Will dedicate the CP-5 to the CR320A by clicking ATAS.
I have gotten so many requests for info and photos on the ATAS antenna, I've created a separate page. Click ATAS to see!
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On sale at WWW.ATX2000.ALTERVISTA.ORG , or send a mail to atx2000.italy@gmail.com, italian reseller shipping worldwide It´s so easy to listen the Crossband-Repeater from the ISS. It works only with an Diamond X 50 Antenna and an Yaesu FT-8100r. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Tags: PERSONAL, SimpleX, Radio
Just RXing to GB3VT VHF Repeater, The following is took from “QRZ.COM” GB3VT, RV58, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. GB3VT is a 2 metre repeater located at 273 metres, 887 feet above sea level, QRA Locator IO83WA, in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The GB3VT repeater first became operational from its original site in December 1980 [...]
This video was taken on Saturday 23rd October 2010. I was set up on a hilltop monitoring the amateur radio experiments on board the Horus9 balloon. Carried aloft was the tracking computer, a cross band 2m/70cm repeater, a simplex parrot repeater on 2m and an APRS tracker on 2m. The launch coincided with the WIA [...]
I have taken my 2 meter portable out with me on Lee many times. The closest receive station for the Milwaukee 91 (146.91 – ) repeater is the main site which is about 25 or so miles from the area I ride in. My ham radio friends affectionately call Lee “Lima-Echo-Echo” the ham radio horse. [...]
International Space Station Ham Radio cross band repeater allowing Ham stations to make contact with each other via Space. 2E0HTS Ham operator makes contact with fellow Ham DL6MFK. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Reception of radio signals from the North Texas Balloon Project. The balloon was launched near Hillsboro, Texas, south of the DFW Metroplex. Read more [...]
Jak przełączyć Kenwooda TM-D710 w tryb cross band repeater. 18:40-18:50 approx English Time 437.800MHz and 145.800MHz Using Yaesu FT8800E & Diamond X300 collinear. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Tags: english time, TMD710, band, Cross, Repeater
Showing how to turn down the power on the Ft8900 and Cross band repeat. Warning Do this at your own risk. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Demostration of the IC-2350H Cross Band Feature. Tags: Yaesu, Repeater, yaesu ft
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General Info
Name:
Robert
QTH:
Clearwater Beach, Florida and Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Locator:
EL87NO - FL EM85HS - TN IOTA - NA34 - FL.
Rigs:
Yaesu FT-897D, usually running only 20 watts. My main HF rig at my base station.
Yaesu FT-857D. This is my mobile rig working with the ATAS-120. Amazing result with the two - my first three contacts sitting in my Florida parking lot: Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Ukraine.
I also use the FT-857D as the main component of my "grab and go" "Shack-N-Bag" for easy portable operations.
Typically, using a SignaLink USB for all the digital stuff - especially PSK-31 and more recently JT65. MFJ-1026 for noise control. Both are amazing devices worth their weight in DXCC certificates.
Auto antenna tuner: The battery-powered LDG Z-11 Pro for the often portable FT-857D.
Antennae:
MFJ-1786 Magnetic Loop - Mounted on balcony about 30' above the sloping ground on the top of a mountain at 1,800' elevation.
Arrow J-Pole for 144/440 - Mounted on balcony about 30' above the sloping ground on the top of a mountain at 1,800' elevation.
Yaesu ATAS-120a for mobile and portable operations - which does a surprisingly amazing job for both. Best DX so far: Mobile from the top of the Smokies to VP8, Falkland Islands - with 10 watts - even at the bottom of this sunspot cycle. I have gotten so many requests for info and photos on the ATAS-120 antenna, I've created a separate page. Click ATAS to see!
Interests:
Everything! including my wife (absolutely my #1 favorite way to spend my time), digital photography, Photoshop, mountain hiking, sailing, biking, scuba diving, computers, writing, helping start up companies really get started and, of course, ham radio!
Previous Calls:
WN4LEJ - Novice WA4YFH - General KD5SB - Advanced AA5FR - Extra
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