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Equipment

 

HF (80m -10m)

Radios

  • iCOM IC-7610
  • Kenwood TS-990S
  • Flexradio 6600M

Antennas

Band Antenna
80m
  • Dipole (half-wave) - 10m over ground in north - south direction
  • 2 Delta-Loops (phased according Christman) on 2 x 22 m Spiderbeam fiberglass poles, distance of one quarter wave between the delta-loops
40m
  • Dipole (half-wave) - 10m over ground in north - south direction
  • W3DZZ antenna - 12 m over ground in east - west direction
  • 2 Delta-Loops (phased according Christman) on 2 x 18 m Spiderbeam fiberglass poles, distance of one quarter wave between the delta-loops
20m-10m
  • Spiderbeam 5 Band HD Version, 14 m (45 feet) above the ground on a 14.5 m Spiderbeam aluminium mast (with rotator)
  • HexBeam, 14 m (45 feet) above the ground on a 14.5 m Spiderbeam aluminium mast (fixed without rotator)

QO-100
  • Satellite Dish 1.10m with converters from Kuhne and a dualband-feed from Bamatech

Accessories

Band Antenna
Microphones
  • iCOM SM 50 desktop microphone
  • Kenwood MC-90 microphone
  • Heil PR 781 microphone
External Speakers
  • iCOM SP41 external speaker
  • Kenwood SP90 external speaker
Coax Switches
  • Ameritron RCS-4 remote coax switch
  • Alpha Delta Switch
Equalizer
  • W2IHY 8 band equalizer
Rotator
  • Microham Arco antenna rotator controller
Phasing
  • NCC-2 antenna phasing system
SDR
  • KiwiSDR  (sdr.lx1lc.lu)

Terrestrial 2m & 70 cm

  • iCOM IC-9700
  • X510N 144/430MHz350W 5,2m

QO-100 (Uplink 2,4 GHz, Downlink 10 GHz)


  • iCOM IC-9700
  • Satellite Fuba Dish 1,10 m
  • Bamatech FuabandFeed DJ7GP
  • Kuhne Electronics PA & Upconverter MKU UP2424B
  • Kuhne Electronics Downconverter MKULNC10QO-100
  • Kuhne Electronics BiasTee KUBT10REF
  • DX-Patrol GPSDO

LEO-Satellites (RS-44, ISS,...)

  • iCOM-9700
  • Ham Radio Deluxe for satellite tracking
  • ANjo Egg-Beater Antenna EGB0145R for 2m
  • ANjo Egg-Beater Antenna for 70 cm
  • SDRplay - RSPduo

Previously used antennas

Phased verticals on 80m

2 quarter-wave phased verticals (130° / 310°)  according Christman on 2 x18m Spiderbeam fiberglass poles. 30 radials of 10m & 25 radials of 20m per vertical.

  Total length of radials per vertical: 10λ. Homemade.

 Designed for 3,750 MHz

  λ/4 (90°) = 20 m

  84° => 18,66 m => 4,01 MHz   ( 300 / (4*18,66) )  

  71° => 15,77 m => 4,75 MHz   ( 300 / (4*15,77) )  

  With a velocity factor of 0,82 the cable length are:

  84° => 15,30 m

  71° => 12,93 m

Phased verticals on 40m

2 x 2 quarter-wave phased verticals (150° / 330° & 60° / 240°)  according Christman on 4 x 12m Spiderbeam fiberglass poles. 20 radials of 10m per vertical.

Total length of radials per vertical: 5λ. Homemade.

 Designed for 7,150 MHz

  λ/4 (90°) = 10,48m

  84° => 9,78 m => 7,66 MHz   ( 300 / (4*9,78) )  

  71° => 8,26 m => 9,07 MHz   ( 300 / (4*8,26) )  

  With a velocity factor of 0,82 the cable length are:

  84° => 8,01 m

  71° => 6,77m