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My current station

On this page you will find a short description of my current radio station.

Satellite antennas

In the picture to the right you can see a part of my current antenna setup.

Wimo X-Quad 2x6 elements for 2m

Wimo X-Quad 2x9 elements for 70cm

Diamond HB9CV for 6m

Wimo GPM-1500 vertical for HF

Discone for 50-1500 Mhz

The satellite antennas are mounted on the roof of my house (10 metres high) on a Yaeasu G5500 AZ/EL rotor. There is a 360 degree free field of vision.

Both beams are connected to polarisation switches which allow me to switch both beams independently between horizontal, vertical, right hand circular and left hand circular polarisation.
Also in the mast are mounted a SSB SP2000 2m preamp and a SSB SP7000 preamp for 70cm.

The HB9CV for 6m is on a seperate roof mount. At the moment this antenna is fixed in E-W direction. In a seperate mast a GPM-1500 vertical antenna for working the HF bands and a Discone antenna is mounted which is currently connected to the PCR1000 receiver.

In the picture below you can see what my current shack looks like. It is on the top floor of my home. From left to right you can see:

Icom IC-R20 (allmode wideband receiver) for portable operation

Yaesu FT-817ND (QRP allmode transceiver HF, 6m, 2m, 70cm) for portable operation

Icom IC-7400 (allmode transceiver HF, 6m, 2m) for HF and 6m operation

microHAM USB Interface II for digital modes

TNC2 packet controller (home made)

Icom PCR-1000 (allmode computer receiver 0.5-1800 Mhz)

MFJ-949E antenna tuner (0-30 MHz)

Yaesu FT-847 (allmode transceiver HF, 6 m, 2 m, 70 cm) for satellite operation

Dawai SWR meter (140-525 MHz)

Rotor control unit (for G5500 AZ/EL rotor)

LVB Tracker for automatic rotor control (not visible)

Amateur radio software I use:

VQlog 3.0a by Gabriel EA6VQ: Great logbook program, fits my needs perfectly
PCsat32 12.0 by Erich Eichmann DK1TB: very good satellite tracking program
Ham Radio Deluxe 3.0 by Simon Brown HB9DRV: rig control
PSK31 Deluxe by Simon Brown HB9DRV: PSK31 program