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WELCOME TO MY UK STATION THE LIST OF RADIO'S & MIC'S & ANTENNA SYSTEMS I USE


I HAVE JUST ADDED MY YAESU FT2000D WITH THE HEIL PRO HEADSET WITH THE HC6 ELEMENT THE RADIO AND AUDIO IS GREAT THIS IS ONE FINE RADIO.
YAESU FT1000 AND THE MATCHING SPEAKER THE YAESU SP5 THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST RADIO'S I HAVE EVER USED.

THE RADIO IS 20 YEARS OLD AND IS A CLEAN AS THE DAY IT CAME OUT OF THE BOX .

THIS RADIO IS A TRUE CLASSIC AND SO EASY TO MASTER WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET NO HIDEN MENU TO PLAY WITH AND IS BETTER THAN MOST OF THE MODERN RADIO'S COMMING OUT AT THIS PRESENT TIME.

I ALSO HAVE A ICOM 775DSP INC THE MATCHING EXTERNAL SPEAKER AND THE DESK MIC PLEASE SEE PHOTO BELOW
I HAVE ALSO JUST BROUGHT ANOTHER CLASSIC RADIO THE YAESU FT1000MP MKV INC MATCHING EXTERNAL SPEAKER AND YAESU MD-200A8X

I ALSO HAVE A YAESU FT757GX WHICH AGAIN IS A VERY NICE RADIO AS CLEAN AS IT CAME OUT OF THE BOX TOP AUDIO REPORTS ON HER WITH THE YAESU MD-1 DESK MIC.

MY OTHER RADIO IS A YAESU FT7800E FOR MY 2M/70CM WORK AND REALY DOES WORK VERY WELL I HAVE HAD QSO'S UPTO 70 MILES(110KM) AWAY ON ONLY 10WATTS.

I ALSO HAVE A RANGER 2950DX FOR 10M 11M 12M WORK GREAT LITTLE RADIO

MICROPHONES

I USE A YAESU MD-1C8 DESK MIC AND THE AUDIO ON THIS MIC IS GREAT SMOOTH AS YOU LIKE GREAT WRAGG CHEW OR DXING .

ANTENNA TUNERS AND OTHER RADIO GEAR I HAVE IN THE SHACK

I ALSO HAVE A BHI 1031 MK2 NOISE CANCILATION UNIT TO KNOCKOUT ANY UNWANTED NOISE THIS UNIT HELPS ME HEAR STATIONS THAT ARE LOST IN ANY SORT OF BAND NOISE MAJOR PART OF MY STATION

THE ATU'S I USE ARE THE YAESU FC-102 AND THE YAESU FC-902 BOTH VERY FINE ANTENNA TUNER AND WILL TUNE ANYTHING.

MY MANI ANTENNA'S ARE LISTED BELOW

DUEL BEAM PRO MULTI BAND ROTARY HF ANTENNA FOR 10,11,12,15,17,20,30,40M THE BOOM IS ONLY 5M LONG AND THE TWO RADIALS ARE ONLY 2.5M LONG THEREFORE A VERY COMPACT ANTENNA FOR SMALL GARDEN PLOTS.

I ALSO HAVE A WA-103 FOLDED DIPOLE THAT COVERS 10M TO 160M PLEASE SEE PHOTO BELOW.

I ALSO NOW HAVE A DIAMOND X30 2M 70CM ANTENNA.

A SHORT ANTENNA AT ONLY 1.5M BUT DOES WHAT IS MEANT TO DO AND DOES IT WELL.

MY QTH IS 260 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL SO MY ANTENNA'S THAT I HAVE RANGE FROM 270 METERS TO 275 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL THIS IS WHY I GET OUT FAIRLY WELL.

I AM MARRIED WITH 2 GREAT KIDS BETH AND MATTHEW, MATTHEW IS VERY KEEN ON RADIO AND LOVES TO HEAR OPERATORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IF HE IS IN MY SHACK HE LOVES TO HEAR HIS NAME SHOUTED BACK AT HIM OVER THE AIR SO PLEASE MAKE HIS DAY AND ASK IF HE IS WITH ME AS HE IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE CONTACTED MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND MADE CONTACTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND RECENT OF ALL CANADA AND VENEZUELA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND SAUDI ARABIA CUBA AND TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NEW ZEALAND COLOMBIA CAPE VERDE US VIRGIN ISLANDS KUWAIT FAROE ISLANDS MADERIRA MOROCCO BRAZIL ANDORRA MONTENEGRO QATAR CYPRUS SAN MARINO

I CAN WAIT TO GET OUT TO SPEAK TO MORE OF THE WORLD CONDITIONS PERMITING.

BELOW IS MY MAP WHICH SHOWS YOU WHERE I HAVE CONTACTED SO FAR WHICH INCLUDES 35 STATES OF AMERICA AND MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.

Equipment

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