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I was going to try to keep this page more current,with updated photos and notes as I change things around and get the rehab projects back on the air. We all know how that works out! I've recently redone the office/ham shack again,with all new furniture,and shuffled the radios and computers around. SO,everything on this page is now obsolete. Therefore,I'm just going to nuke it all and start over...

I've just redone the office/hamshack once again. Pride of place (the top shelf) was given to Dad's Collins S-Line gear. It's ailing (the receiver has AGC issues an the transmitter arcs when keyed) but will be attended to eventually.

On to the stuff that actually works! VHF and UHF duties are handled by the matched set of Icoms - 451A,251A,and 551D (thanks Jay AA4FL for the extended loan of the 'D) with a Yaesu FT-230 set on the local .82 and .91 repeaters. Next to the shiny new HP monitor is the main HF rig,a Kenwood TS-830S with matching SP-230 speaker and external VFO-230. Off to the side is Jay's 6-meter-ized Heathkit SB-200 linear.

For portable operation I have an MFJ-9406X and a TS-430S. Both cars have Yaesu VHF units and a Yaesu FT-100 moves back and forth for HF depending on which car I'm driving.

The antenna situation is somewhat different too. The 40m dipole fed with 300ohm twinlead is still up,supplemented by a 17m hamstick dipole on a 25' pole next to the house. There's a 1/4 wave 2m groundplane hung off the side of the pole for FM work. On the VHF mast reside the beat up old 10el 2m yagi with the twisted wooden boom,and a shiny new 4el 6m beam that I built just in time for the January 2008 VHF contest. Shannon K4GLM helped me put it up. I've got the first of two 15el 70cm Yagis built; it's sitting in the garage waiting for its mate to be built and the phasing and feedlines to be connectorized. Too few hours in the day,don't you know.