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NZ2Z Robert A. 'Bob' Bennett Kennesaw, GA QCWA # 38175 Chapter 49 |
I accidentally stumbled into ham radio later in life while reading a chapter on amateur satellites in some book I got from the library. I was hooked immediately. My previous call signs were: N8MVI, KF8PH and KG2RP. I started out on satellites and packet radio, and eventually got into HF. I find the hobby so much fun. Every day is an adventure. I have experimented with all the modes at some point in time. My hamming is random and scattered. What I do depends on how I feel at the moment. Whatever feels like fun!
I have been fortunate to be able to put together a wonderful assortment of radios and related equipment. This allows me to compare different radios under different conditions. My station includes:
Table 1
. Icom 756 Pro III to a PW1 Amp
. Flex 6500 + Maestro
. Ten Tec Omni VI to an MFJ Intellituner
Table 2
. Kenwood TS-990 -> TL-922 Amplifier -> Palstar AT Auto Tuner
. Elecraft K3 -> KPA500 -> KAT
. Yaesu FT-2000 with the DMU-2000 Station Monitor
QRP ...
. KX2 (mostly portable)
. Elecraft KX3 + PX3
. Rockmites (40, 30 and 20 meters)
. Pixie 0n 7.030
. QCX 20, 80. Rock Mites 10, 20, 40) µBITX, Frog Sound on 7.110
Table 3
. 2 - Icom 910H (2m/440/1.2GHz)
. Kenwood TM-641A (2m/220/440 with 800-1.2GHz RX)
. Motorola Spectra (900 FM)
. 2 Boafengs on Packet
HF Antennas
All now current on the schematic on this page + OCF 80-6 -which I really like :-)
VHF/UHF Antennas
. 220 4-element Yagi (in progress)
. Comet CX-333 2M/1.25M/70cm
. 6m 2-element Homebrew Yagi
. Discone
. 900 MHZ Groundplane (for testing)
. 1.2 GHZ Groundplane (for testing)
. 2m/440 J-Pole (for testing)
. 900 MHz Loop Yagi (in progress)
. 1.2 GHz Loop Yagi
. 2.4 GHz Loop Yagi (in progress)
Moble
. Yaesu FT-857 to an ATAS-120
Receivers
. Yaesu V5000
. Icom R20
Re-learning CW. So please be patient ;-)
All QSL cards replied within 2 days. Also can use eQSL, QRZ or LoTW, but I only get to those at the end of the month. But I will upload them.
Ham radio is a hobby. It is fun. Do the things in the hobby that bring joy to your experiences, and things that you enjoying doing.
73 NZ2Z
All antennas are fed through a grounded panel into the hamshack
Operating at the NoGA QPR Peanut Sprint TOTA (Treehouse on the Air)
February 16, 2020