IC-905 Project 3

Building antennas, testing capabilities, and getting everything to together. I can now mounts the 4 upper bands on a single speaker stand. I have a second speaker stand and triplexer coming for the 2m/70cm antennas so all 6 bands can be deployed portable.

IC-905 Project 2

More testing with the IC-905. I was able to get my camera connected and tested transmitting on ATV. In the next few days I will be doing more ATV testing with K6MI who also has an IC-905. I also got the 10Ghz dish put together and connected to the transverter; still waiting on coax to… Continue reading IC-905 Project 2

222MHz 50W Transverter

Added a Q5 Signal L222-28HP transverter to my closet and connected it directly to the 222 loops I installed last month. Under normal operating I will use my IC-7300 to drive the transverter on 10m but during a contest I will run cables to my IC-705. For contests this will allow me to dedicate the… Continue reading 222MHz 50W Transverter

US-3574 Sunset State Beach

Operated Parks on the Air from US-3574 Sunset State Beach over the Thanksgiving weekend. Ended the weekend with 318 contacts on sideband and 47 on FT8 over 3 operating sessions. On sideband I was using my IC-7300 at 100w and FT8 with my IC-705 at 10w. Antenna was a BuddiHEX for 20m-6m and a j-pole… Continue reading US-3574 Sunset State Beach

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