During VHF/UHF and Microwave contests K6VHF most of the time operates as rover station. His rover station contains following equipment: IC-9700 (2m,70cm,23cm) IC-7300 (6m and 10m for transverters) IC-705 (used for transverters) Q5 Signal 5 band transverter FT-857D (backup rig HF+VHF/UHF) TM-D710 (APRS+FM) IC-37A (223MHz FM) DJ-G29 (220/900MHz FM) Kunhe 2304 MHz transverter + 30watts […]
Category: Ham Radio
Making Crossed Polarized Yagi
As all you know for successful communication via Amateur radio satellites the antenna system should have both polarization capability. That’s for very simple reason – Faraday effect. Faraday effect is a rotation of the plane of polarization of electromagnetic waves in certain substances in a magnetic field. So for all moving and rotating objects that […]
New Q5 Signal 5 Band Transverter
Recently I’ve purchased 5 band transverter from Q5 Signal, LLC. It’s so convenient to have for VHF/UHF contesting/rovering. It covers most of band that you need. No additional radios other than simple 28MHz transceiver required. In my case I use Icom IC-705. More info regarding Q5 transverter can be found http://q5signal.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=99 Alex K6VHF
K6VHF’s new QSL card
AMSAT Satellite System installed
Finally I found time to install a satellite systems with automatic tracking. I use Icom IC-9700 as a main rig and S.A.T controller for tracking. Antennas are: 2 x 10el crossed polarized 435MHz 2 x 4el crossed polarized 145MHz Rotator system is Yaesu G-5500.
New K6VHF’s Shack
This is how my shack look like. I updated and simplified it. Also arranged radio for comfort. Now my shack contains: ICOM IC-7300 HF+6m ICOM IC-9700 VHF/UHF/Satellites ICOM IC-705 HF/VHF/UHF second radio ICOM IC-2730A VHF/UHF FM Local SPE Expert 1.3KA Amplifier 1.5kW Noise Cancellation Device (HF)
ARRL September VHF Raw Scores
ARRL JUNE VHF Contest Results
ARRL DX CW Contest Results
Radio Mobile Software by Roger VE2DBE
Everyone who like VHF/UHF and contesting on this bands must know about this free tool. Yes it’s completely free to use but required a registration. The website is here and a desktop version is here Basically it’s tool that helps to predict and calculate a radio wave propagation on amateur bands. Let’s read more about: […]