Biography

Hello,
I like all forms of amateur radio from portable operation,building antennas,space communication,MW LW dx,radio scanning,listening to aviation and DMR. I am active on 10 , 6 metres and satellites but listen to most other bands from 160 though to 70 cm and mainly DMR brandmeister. Email triode20@gmail.com

Equipment

I have an icom 7300 for base and portable operation, an FT8000 for vhf and uhf, VX3 for pedestrian mobile an anytone 878 for DMR and FT857 for vHF and UHF ssb
I use a uBCD 436 PT and an icom ICR 30 to receive vhf and uhf. I also have an RSP2 DX sdr.
I am at present using a vee beam, 150 m in each leg fed with a 4:1 balun and open wire feed line and an end fed 30 m long fed with a 49:1 balun. On wspr I am using a zach Tek 200 mw transmitter fed into a 50m long end fed antenna with an 49:1 balun end fed antenna 80 m to 10 m , on vhf and uhf I have a flower pot antenna and discone.