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Amateur Radio Association of Southwest Florida
Members Gallery
K2ZEL - Bill Reynolds
K2ZE is shown here at his operating HF at station. Bill says: "The station is a combination
operating position and a workshop for my tinkering and building. The station
equipment includes (1) ICOM 760MIIG, (2) Kenwood
TS570D,(1) Yaesu FT 90R (dual band fm), and ICOM IC 2100 (2m only FM), and assorted antenna tuners.
Antennas
include a BM-90, Home brew G5, a wiire NVIS (all HF), a 2m Ringo, a 2m home brew
J-pole, a 5-element 6m yagi Home brew, and a 10 element 2m yagi (home brew, on
the ground to go back up next time the tower is down). There are two computers
to support the digital modes. In the shop there is assorted test equipment to support
tinkering. In the shack all the equipment is powered by Aston power supplies.
All equipment including the computers and TNC's are now wired
through power gates which automatically switch to batteries on power failure in a few miliseconds. The batteries are (1) dep cycle marine battery and (4) Alpha
sealed gelled cell units. This will hold all comms until I can get the 5kw
generator going and cut into the shack. Current projects in the tinkering
include the following: 1). home brew solid state 6m am xmtr and rcvr; 2) a "go"
box for vhf w/ gelled cell battery (40 amp hr w/ pwr supply and float charger.
The mobile station has an ICOM 706MIIG w/ laptop for digital as the primary rig
connected to a "lil" tarheel antenna for 80 through 6. The vhf/uhf xcvr is
connected to a mag mount and shuttled in and out with the
shack."
N1DL - Karl Geng
Here is a station that would be the envy of many amateurs.
Karl's station includes a Rohde&Schwarz XK2100, ICOM 7800 transceiver for HF, ICOM PW-1 linear
amplifier, ICOM 970 VHF/UHF transceiver, AEA DSP232 TNC for digital modes, and a
Kenwood TS-480SAT
Karl's antenna is a vertical Hi-Q 5/160 electric screwdriver antenna mounted to
an air-conditioner frame on the roof 20 stories up.
Unfortunately, Karl is not pictured here - perhaps he will someday provide
another photo, this time of himself sitting at his station.
K9KNW - Joe Goggin
Joe and "Gypsy" are shown at their home station, which is still a work in progress. Joe, of course,
was our host for Field Days 2006,2007, 2008 and 2009.
As can be seen, Joe has spent considerable time and effort in putting his
station together, which includes a false wall behind the desk and amplifiers to
hide his station interconnects and antenna wiring. We don't have a complete
listing of his station equipment, but it can be seen that he is prepared for
just about everything.
All who have attended the Field Day activities at his ranch have been in awe of
his extensive "antenna farm", which includes separate antennas for all bands,
including some at 70 feet.
KG4ZLB - David Worboys
David says: "99% of my station is now an OSCAR class satellite ground
station and despite currently living in an HOA/Antenna restricted community I
still run a full az/el antenna system utilising 2m, 70cm, 2.4Ghz and 1.2ghz for
all the current amateur satellites and the ISS. Radio is the Icom IC-910H which
is a 2m/70cm and 1.2Ghz rig, the 2.4ghz downlink is attainable by use of a
downconverter which brings the signal in on the 144mhz band. I use an Icom 706MKIIG
for the 2.4 downlink as well as local repeater and vhf/uhf ssb. Antennas and radios
are computer controlled by SatPC32 which also compensates for doppler effect. The
VHF and UHF antennas both have dedicated mast mounted pre-amps which really is a
"must" as some of the satellites transmit with power as low as 300Mw!
Despite not having the height available (nosey neighbours and the "condo
commanders" prevent this!) the ability to turn the antenna array a full 360
degrees as well as 0 to 90 degrees up and down means that I make in excess of
100 satellite QSO's every month in FM, SSB, SSTV and packet! I have been fortunate
enough to have a contact with the crew on the ISS twice; once with Commander Bill
McArthur (KC5ACR) in November 2005 and also with Astronaut Mike Fincke (KE5AIT) in
March 2009.
N4PIX - Tim Gibbons
Here is Tim in his shack with 3-month old son Sam.
Equipment in his shack includes FT-897D, IC-2200h (for D-Star), IC-2000, Ameritron RCS-8V switch, Alinco power
supply DM-330MV, MFJ-969 tuner, Galaxy DX959 CB!, and an attic full of
antennas. Tim says "Sam likes to sit with me while I talk on the radio."
W2HI - Bob Graf
Bob's station is the result of his being at the right place at the right time,
and some very frugal purchasing. It includes several important pieces of equipment that were acquired at local
thrift shops, including Astron power supply, Radio Shack scanner, Mirage
160-watt amplifier, MFJ tuner, Bird wattmeter, and Radio Shack handi-talkies.
Most of these items had problems, and had to be repaired before they were
completely useable. Many other radio items from thrift shops were
similarly acquired, repaired and sold to make way
for the modern radios that comprise the station, which includes an Icom 2820 VHF/UHF transceiver, Icom V8000
VHF transceiver, and a Kenwood TS-570 HF transceiver.
No HF amplifier here - Bob lives in a deed restricted community and has to rely on
a single-wire antenna (with multiple counter-poise elements) strung under the eaves of the house for HF operation,
which severely limits operating. Perhaps a screwdriver antenna mounted on
the pool cage to provide improved HF operation is in the future. VHF, UHF
and 6-meter antennas are in the attic. Adjacent to the ham station is Bob's photography workstation,
part of which is seen here. He invites all viewers with an interest in
photography to visit his web site -
http://www.bobgraf.com .
KJ4KGZ - Alex Ihrig
This listing in the Members Gallery is an exception to the rule. Alex is
not yet a member of ARASWF, but is active on the club repeater, and it is hoped
he will soon be able to become a member. In the meantime, we present his
comments, as follows.
"My name is Alex Ihrig
and I am 14 years old. I got my Technician license in March 09' and I am pursuing
my General class license. This is my ham station. It consists of a Yaesu
FT-7800R and a Yaesu FT-60 handheld radio. I am currently using a magmount
antenna at my house and in the car. I can operate on 2 meter and 70 centimeter
bands. I plan to get a 6 meter radio sometime in the coming months to add to my
radios. Thanks for looking! 73 KJ4KGZ"
W4SFR - Dave Schaare
At the left is Dave atop his tower making adjustments, and below is his home
station set-up, including, among other things, IC-208H dual-band vhf/uhf transceiver, IC-7000 hf
transceiver, and IC-2KL linear amplifier.
WB8VQU - Dave Ducett
Dave says: "Here's my amateur radio station ( condo style). The rig is
an Icom IC-706. Although I must keep the power down to about sixty watts or
less to prevent TVI, I have been able to make many contacts on sideband , CW and
digital. The antenna is an Outbacker Perth Plus up about twenty five feet on the
balcony outside my front door. A good entry point into the house is through the
door lamp adjacent to the entry door. It is quite helpful when I do my three
minute set up or take down at night."
NJ2F - Jeff Buerger
Here is Jeff at his home station. He says:
"I was first licensed in 1961. I operate all bands from 160 meters to 70
centimeters. My main interests are vhf, hf and rtty contesting. I
use a pair of Icom IC-7000s - one for 6 meters, and one for the hf bands.
My vhf/uhf station is a Yaesu FT-736R for 6, 2, 222 and 432. I have two
towers with yagis on them and wire antennas for 160, 80, 40 and 30 meters.
When in the shack, I monitor 146.52."
KK4PG - Peter Gaddy
Peter did not provide a written description of his station, but the 4 photos he
did provide certainly are worth a thousand words.
Incidentally, that's a UHF repeater being tested on the bench, which is planned to be activated soon.
KC4SSD - Tim Wallen
Apparently Tim is camera shy, but he did provide these photos of his home
station, which includes an Icom 7700, Yaesu 897, Vx7, KLM tribander for hf, 3
band Qubic quad for 6m, 2m, 70cm, a 2m homebrew yagi, and Dentron
2kw tuner, his "old retired cruiseship amplifier Harris RF-103 at
40-plus years old!, AEG 6861 Telefunken manpack radio, and amongst other things,
Daiwa power supply, miscellaneous antennas, etc. Tim says "My main likes at this time
are 20m due to usually being open, camping, ham radio with my Telefunken, SSTV,
digital modes, car racing. I have been a ham since the late 80's with my
1st call being KC4QGW. I soon upgraded and switched to KC4SSD. My
system is just recently supplemented by solar, which a link to my system is ...
http://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/3YTZ837 . Please
feel free to look."
K4ADR - A.D. Randolph
A.D. says:
"Got my Ham Ticket in 1994 and have enjoyed all aspects of Ham Radio. I do enjoy
all modes of Ham Radio but most of all SSB, RTTY and CW. The main HF rig is the
Kenwood TS-480HX and TH11DX antenna.
For VHF and UHF I have the TS-2000 Kenwood.
All my contacts go into LOTW and I enjoy watching the QSL's come in and no
postage required!
You can always catch me on 146.520 if I am in the radio room."
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