​Current equipment in use at W2RDK:

• Icom IC-7600 w/ SP-23 speaker
• Homebrew "Sounds Sweet" speaker
• Palstar HF-Auto tuner
• Heathkit SB-1000 linear amplifier (built in 1989)
• Astron RS-50M power supply
• W2IHY 8-Band equalizer w/ W2IHY EQ Plus
• Electro-Voice RE-20 microphone on a Rode boom w/ EV309A shock mount
• Motorola XPR 4550 mobile DMR/Analog transceiver
• Motorola XPR 3500e handheld DMR/Analog transceiver
• Motorola XPR 7550e handheld DMR/Analog transceiver
• N5BOC MMDVM simplex DMR hotspot w/Nextion 2.4" LCD screen (mobile & portable)
• N5BOC MMDVM duplex DMR hotspot w/Nextion 3.5" LCD screen (home)
• K1EL K42 CW keyboard keyer
• Tele-Post LP-100A digital vector wattmeter
• Kent dual paddle iambic key

Antennas

• 43' HF vertical made with DX Engineering aluminum tubing, tilt-base & stainless steel radial plate 
• Radial field consists of 60 radials of varying lengths totaling 1600' of wire
• Diamond X-50 VHF/UHF vertical for analog & DMR​​

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The AD5X matching network above allows the 43' vertical to operate efficiently on 160 & 75 meters
Switching the network out of line (remotely) allows normal operation on 40 thru 10 meters
​​Link to the AD5X matching network construction details here
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160 & 75 meter bandwidth plots taken with my Tele-Post LP-100A running Ham Radio Deluxe