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Antennas

Tower #1:    140' Rhon 45G
    These OWA Yagis are homebrew
    40m 3 el OWA 48' boom @ 142'
    20m 5 el OWA 48' boom @ 153'
    20m 5 el OWA 48' boom @ 90'
    15m 5 el OWA 36' boom @ 100'
    15m 5 el OWA 36' boom @ 55'
    10m 5 el OWA 24' boom @ 110'
    10m 5 el OWA 24' boom @ 65'

Tower #2:    100' Rhon 25G
    40m 2 el KLM @ 115'
    KLM KT34XA  @ 100'
    160m shunt feed to tower

Bobtail Curtains at right angles
for 80m, 260' top wire at 80' with 3
verticals @ 62', feed at center with a
vacuum capacitor and roller inductor network, 4 elevated radials.

Beverage antennas: NE, SW, NW, SE
580' long @ 7' above ground

Equipment

Radios:
    FT-1000D
    IC-751A

Amplifiers:
    SB 220
    Several Homebrew amps

Antenna switching:
    7 pos. vacuum relay-homebrew
    Homebrew stack switching for     10m, 15m, 20m
    Homebrew 27 position antenna
    patch panel with 7/16 Din con-
    nectors and Heliax jumpers

Rotators:
    Orion RC2800P-A on tower #2
    3 Orion RC2800PP controllers
    for three prop-pitch motors on
    tower #1

Filters:
    ICE model 419 filters for 2 radios
    Coaxial stubs for band filters on
    amplifier outputs

           

K7ZSD at K2USA 1969