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  • Novice 1965
​Current equipment in use at W2RDK:
  • 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 vattmeter
  • 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.  ​
  • 80 - 10 meter EFHW w/Balun Designs 49131 49:1 balun
  • Diamond X-300 for VHF/UHF
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Picture
Station pics over the years
1965 - National NC-155 Knight-Kit T-60
1967 - National NC-155 - Hallicrafters HT-46
1969 - Hallicrafters Twins HT-46 & SX-146
1976 - Kenwood TS-520
1995 Kenwood TS-440S/AT Heath-Kit SB-1000
2007 - Kenwood TS-440S/AT Icom IC-746Pro
2011 - Icom 746 Pro & IC-7600
Original Novice Station 2007
2018 IC-7600 / AT2K / SB-1000
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  • About
  • W2RDK Hamshack
  • W2RDK/4
  • Projects
  • Novice 1965