An amateur site from an amateur radio operator
Grid Square: FN54ss
ITU DX Zone: 5
CQ Zone: 8
Local Maine Clubs:
EAWA - Ellsworth Amateur Radio
Association (Ellsworth, ME)
N1ME - Pine State Amateur Radio
Club (Bangor, ME)
Radios:
Yaesu
FT-897D - 100w HF/VHF/UHF
Yaesu FT-2500M
- 50w VHF
Icom IC-2100H
- 55w VHF
Icom IC-2GXAT
- 7w 2m FM HT
Quansheng
TG-UV2 5w VHF/UHF Dual-band HT (See below for driver
and programming software!)
Radio Shack
HTX-10 - 25w 10m SSB/AM/FM
Radio
Shack PRO-97 - 25MHz - 1500MHz Scanner
Radio Shack
DX-394 - 150KHz - 30MHz AM/USB/LSB/CW
Icom
IC-R2 Receiver (150KHz - 1.3GHz)
Antennas:
Solarcon
IMAX 2000 (10m/11m)
Opek UVS-200
- VHF/UHF Dual Band (6db/8db)
Cushcraft A3S
Beam - 10m/15m/20m 3-element beam.
Hustler 6BTV
- 10m/15m/20m/40m/80m vertical. Ground-mounted w/ 40x 30' radials (14ga solid)
Firestick
2m Mobile - 2m 5/8 mobile 3/8x24. Heavy and rigid. USE WITH SPRING.
Workman UV-325
Dual Band (144/440) Mobile
DIY Rotatable Dipole - 6m using chopped-down 102" CB whips
Radio Shack
Base Scanner Antenna - Good for 2m. Great repeater use on a little 7w HT!
Radio Shack
Mobile Scanner Antenna - Good for mobile 2m and 70cm. Works better w/ DIY
ground coupling.
Radio
Shack 102" Whip Antenna - 11m (CB) w/DIY PVC discone and 1/2 waveradials
DIY Inverted Vee - 10m 1/2 inverted vee dipole (old solid copper wire and cat
litter bin pieces).
DIY Ground Plane - 11m (CB) 1/2 ground plane
Quansheng TG-UV2 USB Driver (click
here)
Quansheng TG-UV2 Programming Software (click here)
My TG-UV2 DAT file - Lots of Maine repeaters, MURS,
FRS, Marine, Weather freqs (click here)
FTBasicMMO Memory Management Software
for FT-817, 847, 857, 897 transceivers (click
here)
(If you own any of those Yaesu radios...this program is a GODSEND)
Contact: {my callsign}@{my callsign}.com (<-- You figure it out. My attempt at anti-bot)
Have you heard or spoken with me on-the-air,
and have some advice for me?
Please email me and let me know. I'm new at this, so I'm always looking for
feedback, advice, etc. Thanks!
I'm working on my QSL-card skills. I'd love to start collecting some!
The Document Safe - Where I store freq lists, manuals, etc so I can retrieve them remotely. Feel free to snag whatever you need!
