Biography

Base and Mobile Radio Equipment



- Yaesu FTDX-9000 Contest (PEP-9000) (On the low bands 40, 80, and 160 meters)
- Yaesu FTDX-5000d ( on the higher HF bands 20/17/15/12/10 meters)
- Yaesu FT-991a Monitoring 6 meters (HF back up radio)
- Yaesu FTM-100 in scan monitoring UHF Openspot on YSF-773537

and 2 meters monitoring fusion node 03288
- Yaesu ftm-400d mobile

- Yaesu Memorier vhf mobile

- Yaesu ft-70 Handheld

- Kenwood TS-480hx HF in the mobile with Tarheel 75 antenna

- 1 Henry 3K amplifier (Two 3-500zg's)
- 1 Alpha 374a amplifier (two 3cx800a7's)
- 1 Command Technology Commander 2500 amplifier (two 3cx800a7's)

Antennas I am playing with.
- Full 1/4 wave 6 inch base diameter aluminum Vertical on 80 meters,
- Cushcraft xm-340 Three Element 40 meter yagi at 70 feet.
- Hy-Gain TH11dx (10, 12, 15, 17, and 20m)

- 5 element wide space homebrew Yagi for 6 meters.

- 160 meter dipole with apex at 60 feet.
- 5 band (10, 12, 15, 17, and 20m) Hex Beam

- 40 meter rotatable dipole

Antennas ready for install and back up

- Mosley CL204 4 element 20m mono-bander

- 3 element 17m home brew yagi

- Second 80 meter 1/4 wave element



Towers -
- 64 foot (19.5 Meters) Delhi self support tower
- 50 foot (15.5 Meters) self support Trylon tower,
- 80 foot (26 Meters) self support Trylon tower (2025 install),

- 70 foot (21 Meters) motorized crank up/tilt over Aluma tower
The Antenna system in progress!

With more to come....

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Base and Mobile Radio Equipment
Radios - Yaesu FTdx-5000D, Icom IC-745, Yaesu FT-991A for 2 meters and spare HF.
2 meter radio on APRS Igate.
HF amplifiers - Hammond Henry 3K.
Antennas - Separate Inerted "V" for 40, 60 and 80 meters,
Full 1/4 wave Verticals on 80 meters,
Hygain TH-6dx for 20, 15, and 10 at 53 feet (16 meters). 3 Element 40 meter yagi at 72 feet (22 meters)
And VY2WPE-10 APRS IGATE is on a J-pole at 20 feet.
Towers -
- 56 foot Delhi self support tower
- 50 foot self support Trylon tower,
- 75 foot motorized crank up/tilt over Aluma tower

Repeater (VY2WPE) - Yaesu DR-1 on 147.375 Mhz TX / 147.975 RX with fusion #90411 mostly monitoring CQ maritimes or NWO-ARES. Have a Yaesu FTM-100 monitoring my Openspot 2 that is on CA-Canada room.