Radio
Ham Radio
I’ve been involved with amateur or ham radio for a few years now and I’m beginning to refine the philosophy of operations, so here, if you will are the key aims that I have regard when operating. I have 2 rules that I shall be sticking to…….
1. Make the most of your station - Yes I would love a brand new kilowatt station with all the bells and whistles but its
not going to happen, with 100 Watts I plan to optimise what I have in the most cost effective way so I can enjoy what I
have
2. Put something back in - My beacon monitoring station will be the only g station that is providing HF propagation
information based on beacon monitoring that I can find, he intention is to build a self sufficient station that can
effectively provide propagation information for my QTH
The Station
Main operating station
- ICOM IC-7000 All mode HF-UHF transceiver
- LDG AT7000 ATU
- CT-17 Computer Interface
- SP13000 mini-itx low power consumption PC
- Diamond HFV-5 compact HF and 50Mhz antenna (loft
mounted) - 5 element 6m yagi (loft mounted)
- Ham Radio Deluxe software
- Signalink sound card interface
Faros station
- Icom IC-703
- Sony AN-1 active antenna (loft mounted)
