N5MSE Wyley A. 'Alan' Walraven Bowie, TX QCWA # 36514 Chapter 114 10-10 #47571

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Hello From Texas:
My QTH is Bowie, Texas, 75 miles (120km) NW of Ft. Worth. Elevation at QTH is 1300 ft. above sea level. I go by my middle name "Alan". Have been a ham since 1980, however I've been off the air for the past 13 years and just now back in operation (July 2012). I'm running a Flex 6500 and a Flex 5000A Transceiver with a Heil PR781 Mic, driving a Tokyo Hy-Power HL-1.5FKX or Ameritron ALS-600 Solid State Amplifier and a Tokyo Hy-Power HC1.5 Antenna Tuner into a Cushcraft A3 Tribander Yagi w/40m add on at 45 feet (13.7 meters). Other equipment in the shack; Kenwood TS-440S and Yaesu VHF/UHF FT-736R. I've spent from May 2010 to May 2012 building my ham shack, getting the tower up and the equipment back into operation. I feel like I'm starting all over again. Been back on the air since July 2012.

OTHER ANTENNAS:
160 thru 10 M Home brew 43 ft. vertical.
75 M, Home brew inverted V (9-25-2012). Loads well and receives well.
40 M Home brew Inverted V
17 M, Home brew 2 element Yagi. New antenna installed 1-4-2013. Works so much better than the Inverted V. However the inverted V has worked stations all over the world.

73 de N5MSE

Tower and antennas at present time. New 17 M, 2 element, yagi installed 1-4-2013


Construction of Ham Shack started in May 2010 and was completed July 2012.


Ham desk newly constructed after building was completed. Some new equipment and some old

January 14, 2015