Amateur Radio Station WA1Z

Bob Raymond - Windham, New Hampshire, USA - FN42it

 

Station

Transceivers - Elecraft K3, Icom IC-7700

Power - Ameritron AL-811H for HF, SB-200 500 Watts on 6 Meters, and THP330 for 2 Meters 

Digital - RigBlaster for RTTY and PSK31, MMTTY RTTY and DigiPan PSK31 

Software Logging Systems - DXtreme Station Log ME for overall report tracking and QSL imaging. WriteLog and Win-Test contesting software. 

 

Antennas

All HF antennas described below are homebrewed. Horizontally polarized antennas are fixed, supported by ropes between trees. 

160 Meters - 1/4-wave Inverted L. Vertical section up 25 Meters. Ground system consists of 120 radials cut in various lengths between .1-wavelengths and .25-wavelengths. 

80 Meters - 1/4-wave Vertical. Shares the same ground system with 160 Meter Inverted L. 

40 Meters - Two Element Wire Yagi fixed NE at 18 Meters, 1/2-wave Dipole NW/SE at 18 Meters, K1WA 1/2-wave Sloper Array w/ driven element for SW

20 Meters - 2-element Yagi fixed NE at 17 Meters, 2-element Moxon fixed NW at 18 Meters, 2-element quad fixed SE at 15 Meters

15 Meters - 2-element Yagi fixed NE at 15 Meters, 2-element Yagi fixed W at 15 Meters, 2-element quad fixed SE at 15 Meters

10 Meters - 2-element Yagi fixed W at 18 Meters, 2-element quad fixed SE at 15 Meters

Receive - Four 92 Meter Beverages NE/SE/SW/NW

6 Meters - 5 Element Yagi - Cushcraft A505-S at 9 meters.  6M5 at 18 Meters fixed NE during NA Summer sproadic E season

2 Meters - 13 Element Yagi - Cushcraft 13B2 at 7.5 meters 

70 CM - 19 Element Yagi - Cushcraft 719B deployed during contests on temporary mast at 14 meters.

  

WA1Z

  

  

 

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