20251028 K5TR on 40m CW !!
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20251028 1245UTC 7008.5kHz CW K5TR
Date : 28/Oct/2025 12:45UTC
Freq : 7008.5kHz CW
Rig : ICOM IC-7200
ANT : LongWire (abt 20m)
PC recording(Microsoft Surface Laptop)
GEORGE san ..Many thanks QSO.. I was only 75W : )
... You are "Big Gun station"
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In 2011 I built a 4 element OWA yagi on a 48 ft boom. This antenna was designed by Rick Craig N6ND and K6NA. It uses all .058 wall tubing for the elements. You can see photos of the building of this yagi here: 40 meter yagi photos Currently this antenna is on the ground awaitng a new tower that I hope to get compleated in 2023. I had this antenna up from 2011 to 2021 and it worked very very well - I am looking forward to getting it up in the air again. This antenna survived an ice storm in Feb 2021.
Main VHF tower
Main VHF tower:
144Mhz Cushcraft 17B2 17 element yagi at 35'
222Mhz - Directive Systems 16 element yagi at 38'
432Mhz - 2x M2 432-9WL 28 element yagis
902Mhz - Directive Systems 16 element loop yagi at 30'
1296Mhz - Directive Systems 24 element loop yagi at 30'
2304Mhz - Directive Systems 27 element loop yagi at 30'
10GHZ - 2 ft dish 30' Feed by NM5M
145 ft Rotating 55G
10m - 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 140'
20m - 6 element yagis 44 ft booms at 135' / 85' / 45' (Design by NW3Z)
40m - 4 ele OWA yagi 48' boom at 125' *
30m - 3 element JK Antennas yagi at 100'
12/17m - 2 element Force 12 yagi at 60'
80m / 160m Sloping dipoles
* This 4 ele OWA yagi has passed through several hands over the years, most recently K5AND. Thank you Dick for a fine antenna. It was orginally built by K7PN for the N5CQ station. K7PN built three of them onsite at the N5CQ station. I would drop by every few days on my way to or from work and watch the progress. Unlike the 40 meter yagi I built this one has slightly larger OD tubing and has thicker wall tubing employing aluminum pipe sized tubes. K5AND got this antenna from N5CQ and made a few changes to it. He replaced the boom to element mounts going from flat plate to aluminum channel. I also think he insualted all the elements from the boom at that time as well. The other change he made was to changing the element spacing and element lenghts, using an electrical design by JK Antennas. This antenna survied an ice storm in Feb 2023.
80 ft 45G
40m - 2 element Cushcraft yagi at 87' - rotates on mast
20m - 6 element 44 ft boom yagi at 80' - rotates on mast (Desgin by NW3Z)
- 4 element Cushcraft yagi at 60' fixed to SE
- 6 element 44 ft boom yagi at 40' fixed NW (Desgin by NW3Z)
6m - 7 element yagi at 30' fixed NW (Desgin by YU7EF)
70 ft 25G tower:
6m - 7 element yagi at 77' - rotates on mast (Desgin by K5TR)
15m - 6 element 32' boom yagi at 70' - rotates on mast (Desgin by K5TR)
- 4 element Cushcraft yagi at 50' fixed SE
- 6 element 32' boom yagi at 35' fixed NE (Desgin by K5TR)
60 ft 25G tower:
10m - 7 element 48' boom yagi 60' rotates (Design by YU7EF)
- 6 element 24' boom yagi 45' ft fixed SE (Desgin by K5TR)
- 6 element 24' boom yagi 30' fixed NE (Desgin by K5TR)
My current station is:
Elecraft K3
Alpha 87A amp
160 - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
- SAL-30 RX array
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'
- SAL-30 RX array
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
40 - 4 element yagi at 135'
- Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
30 - 3 element JK at 100'
20 - Stack of three 6 element yagis at 135' / 85' / 45'
- 6 element yagi at 80'
- 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE
15 - 6 element yagi at 70'
- 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE
10 - 7 element yagi 48 ft boom at 60'
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 45' fixed SE
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 30' fixed NE
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 140'
50Mhz - Elecraft K3 - 2x 3-500z (1200 watts)
7 element yagi at 75'
7 element yagi at 30'
7 element yagi at 25' fixed Northeast
7 element yagi at 30' fixed Northwest
144Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV144 - W6PO 8877 (1500 watts)
17B2 17 element yagi at 35'
FO12 12 element yagi at 60'
DB224 for FM contacts
222Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV222 - Larcan 1KW amp
FO16 16 element yagi at 38'
432Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV432 - LDMOS 1KW amp
2 high stack M2 432-9WL 28 element yagis at about 40'
902Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 50 watt amp
16 element loop yagi at 30'
1296Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 30 watt amp
24 element loop yagi at 30'
10GHZ - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 3 watts
2 ft dish 30'
( 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 10GHz are all using the same K3)
Drake C-Line
I have recently setup my station for remote operation using http://remotehams.com/ software. This lets me share the station with family and friends that do not have a station as well as letting me operate when I am not at the station. It has been a fun project. I have an Elecraft K3 and an Icom IC-7300 hooked up to some subset of antennas. I plan on doing more with the remote setup as time goes on to make both local and remote ops work better together. I also hope to add more bands to both radios - including 6m and 2m SSB/CW. I was given a nice rack that I have put all of the remote hardware in to keep it isolated from the main operating position that I keep totally disconencted when I am not at the staiton to protect it all from lightening damage.
The current remote setup is:
Elecraft K3 - KPA500
160 meters
1/4 wave sloping vertical sloping NE and NW antennas
80 meters
1/2 wave sloping dipole sloping NE and NW antennas
40 meters
full-sized 4 ele yagi on 48’ boom at 125 ft fixed NE
2 ele shortened yagi at 90 ft fixed NW
30 meters
3 ele JK yagi at 100 ft fixed NE
20 meters
6 ele yagis at 135 and 85 ft and 45 ft fixed NE
6 ele yagi at 80 ft fixed NW
4 ele yagi at 60 ft fixed SE
15 meters
6 ele yagi at 35 ft fixed NE
6 ele yagi at 70 ft fixed NW
4 ele yagi fixed SE
10 meters
6 ele yagi at 30 ft fixed NE
7 ele yagi at 60 ft fixed NW
4 ele yagi fixed SE
6 ele yagi at 145 ft fixed SW
Icom IC-7300 - 100 watts
Cushcraft R-7000 vertical
40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 meters
I also run a CW Skimmer Server feeding the Reverse Beacon Network. It is using a Red Pitaya SDR connected to a Cushcraft R7000 40m-10m vertical mounted at ground level.
