Tech 1/28/14
General 3/27/14

Alpha Delta DX-EE attic mounted
N9TAX Slim Jim attic mounted
Borrowed Yaesu 897d until after Dayton when I get my own rig.
Baofeng GT-3
Baofeng UV5RE+

KG7KWF so new I'm still dripping wet!

Tech and General as of today! (4/26/2014)

Current equipment: Baofeng B5

Congrats

Any recent additions?



(stealth bump to keep this from getting archived )

Technician - 5/27/14
General - 5/27/14
(did both at once)

Currently running a UV-5R, may be soon using a Kenwood TK-760G

Technician 6/18/2013
General 5/17/2014

UV-B5
GT-3
FTM-400DR
TS-590
FT-1DR
attic 20m dipole
Ed Fang dual bander
Earchi 30' end feed
132' OCFD

Technician  05/10/14
General    05/10/14


UV-5B
Slim Jim antenna

Technician 8/2013, plan to upgrade to General late this summer. Baofeng  UV-5re, Wouxun KG-UV3d both set up for 2m/440. Also a Radio Shack HTX-212 connected to my home-brewed J-pole at home, and a Kenwood TM281 in the jeep.  Looking forward to upgrading as soon as i can pass the tests.

Technician Class 05/08/2014

Icom 7200
Yaesu 1900
Baofeng UV-5R x2
LDG AT600 Pro Autotuner
Moxon 10m and 6m
G5RV Jr.

General as of 9/13.  Taking Extra exam 9/20/14.  

FT-857D, with MFJ-1899T antenna.  Recent purchase of the antenna.  Just listening at the moment.
Baofeng UV-5R+

I think we are due an update to the roster.

Sure, why not?  

T/G/AE - April 10, 2013

FT-950
FT-857D
FT-817ND

Yeah, probably time to update all the new Extras we've got now.

Tech and general 6/28/14



Extra 7/17/14
Icom 718



S9V 43' vertical



LDG IT-100 Auto tuner



1-yellow notepad






 

Tech - 5/5/1992 (first No Code exam date)
General - 08/01/13
Extra - 08/01/13

Gear - Enough that my very tolerant girlfriend has had enough of!

Tech - 1994
General - 2010

Elecraft KX2
Kenwood TH-K2
Connect Systems CS580

Hy Endfed 5 band

Tech 5/6/14

UV5RE+/Nagoya 771
Icom 2300H/Larsen Mag mount 2m

I'm hoping to pass General soon and dig into HF. Aside from NOAA nets 2m is pretty hush around here.

Tech August 2014

Yaesu FT-8800

Trying to start studying for General but mainly end up wondering how I passed Technical.

Reading this thread today it looks as though we had tons of newly minted hams over the last several months, with lots of zero to Generals and plenty of Extras too.   Congrats to all, welcome to the sickness!   I have been in this cockamamie racket for 36 years and it is good to know we still have more coming in every day (I would hate to be the one overtorqued nut in the world)!

Apr 2014: Tech, General

Current Radio(s):
Baofeng UV5B HT

Saving pennies for a portable HF rig.  Know anyone that has one for sale?  Let me know.

First post (again), found that my old username is gone.

Tech (licensed July 2013) by-product of the skibane thread on the $45 UV-B5

Current Radios:

Baofeng UV-B5
Yaesu FT-7900R (base)
Yaesu FT-7800R (mobile)

I am echolink inclined as well, will try to catch a ARFCOM net again soon.

Tech 9-19-14 working on General now.

Baofeng UV5R
TM-V71A
TS-430S

Tech: October 2013
General: April 2014

Kenwood TS520
Yaesu 857D
Kenwood TM-V71A
Kenwood TK-805D (2)
Baofeng UV-B5 (2)
Baofeng UV-3R+

Amateur Extra since 1993
Trustee to 2 Club Calls

Yaesu FT-450AT
Yaesu FT-817ND
Ten Tec (YouKits) 4-Band QRP
Heathkit HW-8 CW
Oak Hills Research QRP x 2 (80m and 40m)
Ten Tec 20m QRP
Icom V8000 2m
Assorted HTs (Yaesu, Radio Shack, and yes, Baofeng)

G5RV @ 50Ft
Lone Eagle Vertical
MFJ-1899T (QRP Vertical)

update for equipment changes...

General - January 2014
Yaesu FT-707 (100w 80m-10m) phone only SSB/AM
HF base antennae - MFJ 1796, ladder fed 550' 160m full wave loop, ladder fed 134' doublet
Kenwood TM732a
RS HTX-202, Baofeng UV-5R+
UHF/VHF base antenna  17' 5 element coaxial collinear (homebrew)
UHF/VHF  portable/backup antenna  N4TAX 2m/70cm slim jim

Nick
(also, I need a copy of link again if update is pushed ...)

Thread revival...

update for equipment changes...

General - January 2014

HF config
Kenwood TS-590S (100w  160m - 6m) SSB/AM/FM digital modes via USB (base primary)
 Yaesu FT-707 (100w 80m-10m) phone only SSB/AM + MFJ-941D ant tuner (base spare)
HF base antennae
 - balanced line fed 551' 160m HFWL (160m - 6m via TS-590 internal atu)  @ 75'+ AGL
 - balanced line fed 294' 80m HFWL (80m - 6m via TS-590 internal atu)  @ 60'  AGL
 - coax fed 66' OCFD (40m/20m/15m/10m via TS-590 internal atu) @ 50'  AGL
 - coax MFJ 1796 converted to horizontal (40m/20m/15m/6m via TS-590 internal atu) @ 25' AGL

UHF/VHF config
Kenwood TM732a (base primary)
RS HTX-202, Baofeng UV-5R+
 base antenna 17' 5 element coaxial collinear (homebrew) @ 30' AGL
 portable/backup antenna N4TAX 2m/70cm slim jim  (spare)

Nick

Just put me down for DC-Daylight. Too much work otherwise.

Extra
Kenwood
TH-F6A and D-710

ICOM IC-7100

ARRL and Laurel VE

Novice in 1979
Extra in 1982
Kenwood TS-590
Ameritron AL-811H
Heil 780
LDG AT-1000ProII Auto Tuner
LDG M-1000 Meter
Alinco DR-635 Dual Band
Inverted V at 40 feet
Diamond Dual band on top of the mast
Bencher Paddles

Jim

Foundation June 2013 (Technician)
Intermediate August 2013 (General)

Yaesu FT-8900r (10/6/2/70)
Diamond X-30 dual band
Baofeng UV-5R

Planning on expanding on to HF later this year with either an Icom or Yaesu.

Extra Class  .........     Run Kenwood TS-570 SG   , Gold Line mic     Kenwood TM-V7  with MC-80     in the house.    I run a Kenwood  480sat a Clear Speech,  Worthmore 2 pill, and A High Q antenna , and KenWood 261 for local talk   .DW is also a ham and runs a Yeasu 7100   .  Oh and a hand full of various HTs

OOPS.  Forgot to update.  Upgraded to Extra in August, 2014.

I sold ma collecshin of beer cans, saved ma mony, bit tha boolit and upgrade to a new radio. It's loud and I kin hit a repitor with fool quiting.

General (October)

HT's
Baofeng UV 82
  Nagoya 14 inch
Icom IC T70A
  Diamond 14 inch

Mobile/Base
Yeasu FT 857D
Inverted "V"

Upgraded to General January 2015.  If there are updates planned...

Bill

Got my Tech in '08, I think. Was able to get my great-grandfather's old callsign as a vanity call.

Just found this sub forum, usually only in the technical areas here.

Tech 2001
Tech Plus 2001
General 2001
Extra 2002

Icom 706MKIIG base
Icom V8000 mobile
Kenwood TH-F6A

Contesting, EmComm, CW

Gun club/ham shack W1SRG

Extra 2014

Radios:
FT857D
IC7410
BTech 2501 mobile
ICT70A
VX-5
TYT MD390 DMR
UV5R backup HT

Antennas:
HF
NVIS long wire
40M OCF Dipole
Buddipole portable

VHF/UHF
Arrow type dual band
Ed Fong J-Pole
Larsen NMO mobile

24K20 Improved Hawk Continuous Wave Radar Repair: 1977

Tech/General: 6-28-2013
Extra: 7-28-2013

MROP/GROL: 12-24-2014
Radar Endorsement to GROL: 9-3-2015
GMDSS Operator: 10-7-2015
Working on GMDSS Maintainer


Yaesu VX-7r HTs: 4 or 5, depending on whether I ever ask for a long term loaner back.
RF Concepts 144/440 HT amp (5 in=30 out (20 at 440): 1 in the shack

Yaesu FT-8900r mobile: 1 in the truck
Kenwood TM-271 mobile: 1 in the shack
RF Concepts 2-317 2 meter amp (30 in=170 out)
Teletec DXP-V175 2 meter amp (50 in=175 out)
Heathkit MH-2102 VHF Power/SWR meter

Kenwood TS-590s: 1 in the shack
Ameritron ATR-30 tuner: 1 in the shack
Ameritron AL-811H amp: 1 in the shack
Heathkit SB-220 amp: 1 in the shack
Heathkit MH-102 HF Power/SWR meter

Yeasu FP-1030a power supply
Powerwerx SS-30DV power supply

Yeasu FT-875D: 1 in the go pack
LDG YT-100 tuner: 1 in the go pack

160 meter Windom at about 80 feet AGL
2 meter rigid J-Pole at about 85 feet AGL
80-40-20 Fan Dipole - my original homebrew, on the ground while I play with the Windom
Buckmaster 300 watt 7 band OCFD: in the go pack

Bearcat BC-2500 VHF/UHF scanner
150mHz roll-up J-pole

Power Poles in EVERY color
.
.
.
Just realized I have a pretty severe radio problem....

update for equipment changes...

General - January 2014

HF config
Kenwood TS-590S (100w 160m - 6m) SSB/AM/FM digital modes via USB (base primary)
Yaesu FT-707 (100w 80m-10m) phone only SSB/AM + MFJ-941D ant tuner (base spare)
ALS-1306  1200w solid state amp (160m->6m)
MFJ-998  1500w auto tuner

HF base antennae
- balanced line fed 551' 160m HFWL (160m - 6m via TS-590 internal atu) @ 75'+ AGL
- balanced line fed 294' 80m HFWL (80m - 6m via TS-590 internal atu) @ 60' AGL
- coax fed 6BTV modified to add full band 12m, 17m, 80m and inverted "L" 160m wires, 40 element radial field
- coax MFJ 1796 converted to horizontal (40m/20m/15m/6m via TS-590 internal atu) @ 25' AGL

UHF/VHF config
Kenwood TM-71A (base primary)   TM732a (backup)
RS HTX-202, Baofeng UV-5R+, 2 ea. UV-B5
base antenna TRAM 1480 dual band Collinear @ 30' AGL
portable/backup antenna N4TAX 2m/70cm slim jim (spare)

Nick

Jan 2014 Tech and General
Feb 2015 Extra

IC 7200
DR635
FTM 400
FT60
FTDR2
IC51A Plus
TYT Triband

Some kit built stuff.

12/13/2012 Technician
12/13/2012 General
12/13/2012 Extra

Samsung Galaxy 3
Motorola G4 Play
And some other radio stuff

Latest: KENWOOD TH-D74A

Extra

Kenwood TS590
Elecraft KPA500 & KAT500
Kenwood TM-V71A

Wire dipoles & a couple of verticals.

Technician and General on Father's Day 2016 as a result of lurking here way too much.

FT-2900

FT-857D

TH-G71 connected to Mobilinkd TNC2 and an old Android phone for APRS

SDRplay RSP1 tapped into the house coax fed by an attic TV antenna (hoping to tap into an 857d and use this for a waterfall display)

VIZKEY Camel-Back Straight Key plugged into a hacked computer mouse to learn code on http://lcwo.net/transmit

First licensed overseas, in the late 80's with a Category 2 license (no additional band limits but 200 W max. allowed TX power). Quickly upgraded to a Category 1 (EXTRA equivalent).
Got licensed in the US in the mid-90s, first as a Technician Plus and soon later upgraded to a 13 WPM General and also passed the 20 WPM Extra.

Main shack and most antennas are remotely located in the back of the property, about 80 yards from the house, too keep RF noise at minimum.

Too many HTs and VHF/UHF radios to list.
My primary HF base rig is a Yaesu FTDX-3000d. Mobile rig is an Icom 7000.
Other HF toys are:
Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V.
Elecraft KX-3
2 x Yaesu FT-857d
Yeasu FT-817d (primary portable radio).
Kenwood TS-520
Icom IC-756 ProIII

Amplifiers:
ACOM-1000 (primary)
Ameritron ALS-600

Antennas:
Mosley Pro-67, 40-10m, 7 element Yagi beam on a 75 ft tower, Ham IV rotator.
Cushcraft R8 vertical.
80m dipole at 70 ft above ground.
5 element , rotatable 2m/440 Yagi at 85 ft above ground.
GP-9 dual band, high gain vertical ( the only antenna at the house).


This hobby can be very expensive and very addictive.

9/16 Tech
01/17 General
02/17 Extra

IC-7300

80m, 40m, 20m home brew Inverted Vees on the same 1:1 Balun. Sort of a 3 band fan, 4 if you include 15m on the 40m, but the dipoles are rotated
80m is wired E-W
40m is wired N-S
20 m is wired NW-SE

I get <1.3 SWR on all of them across the bands, except for the 80m, I don't have the bandwidth to do the whole band, just 3/4s of the upper half.

CS-801 2m with a Diamond F22A antenna

All sitting on the same 38 foot folding mast made of 2 inch EMT galvanized pipe with military surplus aluminium camo support poles.

2 Boefeng UV-82s

Also made a 75Ahr portable power pack with a 100 watt solar cell for truck portable ops and have a surplus mil camo tripo thing for a 34 foot mast and a 20m inverted Vee and VHF antenna on it.
fed by RG8x

Here is a pic of the top of the mast.



I have had my HF radio for 5 days and have worked

Portugal
Slovenia
France
Croatia
Italy
Austria

I really want a 20m yagi and a 1kw amp.

This hobby is expensive.


EDIT 5 Sep 2020

My mast is now 50 feet and still has the HF wires on it, but the VHF Diamanon F22A now has it's own mast at 35 feet.
I made a portable lightweight 40m dipole and have a USAVertical 35 foot tripod mounted 40/20m dipole, an 80m endfed for portable, a Wind River couil with tripod that has a 17 foot telescope mast or the one that came with it.

also added a 160m doublet fed by 600 ohm homebrew ladder line

I use a hybrid HF antenna in the truck. A Wind  River 80m coil inside the cap and a wire through the cap to a 8 foot whip mounted on the luggage rack.Connected to it is an FT-891 and an MFJ-993 auto tuner.

I also have a 7 foot VHF antenna on that luggage rack with an aluminium ground plane that is connected to an Icon 2200H VHF radio.

I have a few more Baofengs and a TYT-UV380 DMR HT that I really like. I UHF hotspot, a GD-77 high power hotspot to a VHF antenna that pout out 30 watts for the hotspot and another full duplex hotspot.

For HF I use an AL80B and a Healthkit SB-220 for power.

Also have a picnic table portable self contained rig with a CS-108G 20 watt HF radio, manual tuner, counterpoise  tuner, telescoping antenna that mounts to it and a signal link with a Microsoft Surface 3 tablet for digital mounts portable.

Oct. 2017
General Class

Yeasu 857D
Icom 2300H

Yeasu VX6R
Baofeng UV5R

80 meter Dipole
40 meter G5RV

Homebrew 1/4 wave 2 meter
Comet 5/8 wave mag mount  2 meter