Current equipment in use at W2RDK:
Antennas
- Icom IC-7300 SDR Transceiver
- Heil iCM microphone on a PL2T Boom w/shockmount
- Homebrew "Sounds Sweet" speaker
- Heathkit SB-1000 linear amplifier (built in 1989)
- Palstar AT2KD Antenna Tuner
- Tele-Post LP-100A Digital Vector Wattmeter
- Astron RS-50M power supply
- Motorola XPR 7550e UHF handheld DMR/Analog transceiver
- Motorola XPR 5550e UHF mobile DMR/Analog transceiver
- Alinco DR-735 Analog VHF/UHF transceiver
- Alinco DJ-MD5TGP 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)
- Kent dual paddle iambic key
Antennas
- SteppIR Big IR Vertical - Radial field consists of 60 radials totaling 1600' of wire.
- End-Fed Half Wave 10 - 80 meters (EFHW)
- Diamond X-300 VHF/UHF vertical for analog & DMR
Station pics over the years