-Station

My station resides in a small, inaccessible corner of my basement, making more regular operation difficult. But soon my children will grow weary of Dear Old Dad, leaving a suitable area vacant. (Then again, given the cost of living these days, maybe not!)

“Contesting on a Budget” is a fact of life at W4KAZ. With 100 watts, the bottom of the sunspot cycle has been a real challenge .

Rigs

• Primary -  Kenwood TS-590 (A performance upgrade from the FT-920)
• Backup1/portable - Elecraft K2 (Every bit as good as ‘they’ say)
• Backup2/portable – Yaesu FT-891 (Good value but has its quirks)

Current Antennas:

• 160 meter Inverted L, folded counterpoise(K2AV design)
• 80 meter folded dipole @ 60 feet
• 40 meter Inverted Vee @ 50 feet
• 20 meter dipole @ 30 feet
• 15 & 10 meter nested single Quad loop, top @ 35 feet

Contest logging is via Writelog on whatever CPU du-jour is available

last update 10/15/2018