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Will County Grid Square EN61AM
QSL's returned direct S.A.S.E ONLY!
QSL only
Electronically via LOTW or eQSL.cc, NO BURO Cards returned
All Bands - All
Modes 160 Meters through 432 MHz and 1296 MHz.
SSB, CW, FT8, FT4, RTTY, PSK31, Weak signal, JT65 and other digital
modes.
DXCC, #1 HONOR
ROLL, Mixed /SSB and CW Honor Roll,
10BDXCC 6,10,12,15,17,20, 30,40, 80, 160 Meters
10-10 # 27639
Station
Equipment - Low Bands
RADIOS
MAIN RADIO: Flex 6600 with Maestro and Heil PR871 Microphone fully remote
capable and operational with Transverters for 2M and 222MHz.
Alternate: Icom
IC 7600
Alternate: Icom 7300
Alternate: Kenwood TS2000X
(Mainly used on VHF/UHF/1296)
PRIMARY AMPLIFIER: Elecraft KPA1500
ALTERNATE AMPLIFIERS for IC7600 and
IC7300: Alpha 87A, SPE EXPERT 1K-FA SOLID STATE
ANTENNAS HYGAIN TH11-DX 11 ELEMENT 5 Band Beam 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 Meters
40M 2 Element HyGain Beam Explorer 7-2
160, 75, 60, 40, 30 Meter Inverted V's, 160 Meter Center-Fed Zepp with Homebrew
500 Ohm Open Wire Feedline
TOWER #1 US TOWER Heavy Duty HDX-589-MDPL 89 ft Remote Control
TOWER #2 TRIAX W51 51FT Motorized Tower
All Antennas feed with Andrew 1 -5/8 inch HELIAX Hardline
ROTOR - YASEU Heavy Duty G-2800SDX, full \Remote Control
VHF/UHF
6 Meter Flex 6600, Alternate: Icom 7600
6M through
1296Mhz Kenwood TS2000X
Advanced Receiver Research ARR GAASFet pre-amps on each band
VHF/UHF ANTENNAS
6 Meters 6 Element A50-6S 11 db gain
2 Meters 17B2 17 Element Long Boomer 31ft Boom Cushcraft 18db gain
220 MHz 220B 17 Element Cushcraft 19 ft boom 17 db gain
432 MHz 729B 29 Element Cushcraft Long Boomer 17.8 db gain
1296 MHz Down East Microwave 23 Element
All antennas feed with ANDREW 1 -5/8 inch HELIAX Hardline
VHF/UHF AMPLIFIERS
6 Meter, SPE Expert 1K-FA 1KW, Mirage
A1015B 150 Watts out, Elecraft KPA1500 for 6m
2M Motorola Solid state 500W out, Alternate Mirage B1016 , 160 Watts output
220 MHz 8930 Tube 500 W output, Alternate Mirage C1012, 120 watts output
432 MHz Motorola Solid State 375 Watts output, Alternate Mirage D1010, 100
watts output
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Tower 40Meter Explorer 2 El Beam and 440 Repeater antennas