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N 37.55915, W 121.99260, CM97an - former call: WB6MYC
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First licensed in 1964; assigned W6PQL in 2003, which was the call first issued to my late father in 1938.
Hobbies other than amateur radio include wine making, precision shooting, golf and tennis. The children are all grown up now, on their own, and doing O.K. One daughter is an engineer, the other a CPA. Maybe now I can get my computer fixed and my taxes done...
The antennas are pretty modest, mostly small Yagis at about 33 feet. The antenna mast rotates through a bearing bolted to the apex of the roof (the rotator is located on top of a trellis).
Lately I've been experimenting with WSJT-X and WSJT 10.0 for EME work, and managed to work out some instructions for setting up the radios I use here. These instructions can be found under the "Current Projects" link on the left.
Station capabilities are listed here:
| 1.8-50 Mhz | 144-148 Mhz | 222-224 Mhz | 420-450 Mhz | 902-904 Mhz | 1240-1300 Mhz | 2304-2308 MHz | 3456-3460 MHz |
| ANAN100D SDR, Palstar tuner, LDMOS amplifier | Icom IC9700, LDMOS amplifier | ANAN100D SDR, DEMI transverter,LDMOS amplifier | Icom IC9700, LDMOS amplifier | ANAN100D SDR, DEMI transverter, home-brew 28v amplifier | ANAN100D SDR, Hybrid Transverter,600w 50v LDMOS amp | Elecraft KX3, hybrid transverter and hybrid amplifier | Elecraft KX3 and a hybrid transverter |
| 140 ft horiz. square loop antenna, window line feed, 2dbi; 6m Moxon | 7 element Yagi, 12dbi |
10 element Yagi, 14dbi | 15 element Yagi, 16 dbi | 46 element stacked Yagi array, 21 dbi | 124 element stacked Yagi array, 25 dbi | 52 element loop Yagi, 21.5 dbi | 55 element loop Yagi, 22 dbi |
| 1500w |
1500w |
1 kw | 1kw | 300w | 500w | 120w | 50w |
Info on my station in the Azores can be found here: https://www.qrz.com/db/ct8/w6pql
73 - Jim
Latest items added to parts stock:
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Inexpensive preamp boards (LNAs) for 144 through 1300 MHz 0.5 nominal NF at VHF/UHF, less than 1 db NF at 23cm
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A full array of assemblies for high power 1.8 to 54 MHz amplifiers
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HIgh power LDMOS transistors: ART700 (700w), BLF188xr (1400w), MRF1K50 (1500w), ART1K6 (1600w), MRF13750 (750w)
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kits and assembled/tested RF Decks for 500w 70cm Amplifiers
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RFdecks for the 600w+ 33cm (900 MHz) band
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RF decks and RF deck kits for the 600w 23cm amplifiers