Ham Radio 1 Ham Radio I am a ham radio (aka. amateur radio) operator. I have been licensed since 1980, but haven't been active much of that time - although that is changing. I'm interested in almost every part of amateur radio, but focus on chasing satellites and HF DX. I recently started contesting. I am an AMSAT area coordinator for NM, and I recently started a term as vice president for the {link:Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club|http://www.abqham.org} (http://www.abqham.org/). - Call sign {link:N5FPP|http://www.qrz.com/detail/N5FPP} - Coordinates: 35° 9' 53'' N / 106° 18' 25.6'' W (35.16489, -106.307109) - Grid: DM65ud - Radios: ICOM IC-756Pro2, Kenwood TS-2000X, Kenwood TS-790A - Antennas: ** 107ft longwire via SSG SG-237 antenna tuner ** Cushcraft R7 (40-10m vertical) ** Homebrew 2m and 70cm J-Poles ** KLM 435-18C 18 element 70cm cross yagi ** KLM 2M-14C 14 element 2m cross yagi ** 1m BBQ dish with 13cm 5.5 turn helix, Khune 13cm/2m down converter ** Near future (equipment purchased, needs installing): --- 10ft roof tower (at 30ft) for satellite antennas --- 55ft tower for HF antennas --- 40m monobander & 20/17/15/12/10m Yagis --- AlphaSpid rotor --- M2 2MCP22 and 436CP42UG cross yagis --- Yaesu G-5400 AZ/EL rotor --- Directed Systems 55 element 23cm loop yagi (21DB gain!) - Misc Gear: ** AEA DSP-2232 ** TARP DSP56002EVM modem ** EA4TX RCS-SE AZ/EL rotor controller ** RigBlaster Pro ** RigExpert ** 2.4Ghz P4, 1Gb RAM, 160Gb disk, Sound Blaster Audigy LS ** Apple iBook G4 (1.33GHz, 1.25Gb RAM, 60GB harddrive) \ ---- 1.1 Snips {snip-tree:Ham Radio} 2005-09-25 11:18:36.816 2004-02-24 23:12:13.104