Ham Radio Videos
• KI7F, Bill, Using New Yaesu FT-950 Amateur Radio Transceiver During Field Day at Home
Added at 2012-09-20 12:05:13
I was messing around with my new Yaesu FT-950 Amateur Radio HF transceiver at my apartment in Denver, Colorado during the June 26 and 27, 2010 Field Day Weekend and I gave out a few FD contacts on the 20 and 6 meter bands. For 20 meters, I use an indoor dipole inside my apartment and for 6 meters, I use a 6 meter dipole installed on my apartment balcony. The box sitting on top of the Yaesu FT-950 is called a Rig Blaster, which is an audio/digital interface box that interfaces the FT-950 radio with my computer for digital amateur radio modes such as PSK-31 or RTTY operation. I use an indoor fanned dipole fed with one coax feed line feeding three dipoles which are cut for the 40, 20 and 17 meter bands and a 10 meter / 6 meter dipole installed on my second floor apartment balcony. For PSK-31 digital mode, I transmit with a power level of around 20 watts. I recently contacted another PSK-31 station in Hawaii running only 20 watts on 20 meters. Home Website is http://www.ki7f.com Blogging page at http://ki7f2.blogspot.com/E-mail address is ki7f@Yahoo.com