{"id":23,"date":"2013-02-06T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T09:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2022-12-07T00:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T22:02:32","slug":"the-station","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"My Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short description of my <\/strong>HF-VHF-UHF-SHF antennas and equipment <\/strong><\/strong>
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\"June,<\/a>\"viljaku_5_aero_\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Antenna farm  <\/strong>  <\/span>
Mast I:<\/strong> 8×19 el. yagi for 432 MHz, full elevation. On the top 4×35 el for 1296 MHz and 145\/435 Diamond X-400 vertical;
Mast II:<\/strong>  dipole for 80 and 60m band;
Mast III: <\/strong>9 el yagi for 50 MHz and DXer-206 for 20-10 m (not on the picture)
3.0 meter<\/strong> diameter solid dish for 1296 MHz EME.
R8 Cushcraft <\/strong><\/strong>on the house’s roof.
1,5 meter <\/strong>solid dish for QO-100 satellite   <\/p>\r\n

Equipment and software
<\/span><\/strong>(Picture on the bottom of this page)<\/span>
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HF bands:
<\/strong>Transceiver: YAESU FTdx-101MP
FT-2000MP, as a back up RIG.
Antennas:<\/span> 80 and 60m – Dipole; 40-10m (included WARC) – vertical Cushcraft R-8.
20-10 m (and all WARC bands): DXer-206<\/a>. Short beam from “Antennae Depot” by UA2FZ
PA:<\/span>  around 1.0 kW. Construction of ES6RQ. Modified tube GU-81M. <\/p>\r\n

50 MHz:<\/strong>
Transceiver:<\/span> YAESU FTdx-101MP YAESU and FT-2000+SDR-IQ as a back up RIG. Antenna:<\/span> 9 el. yagi from M2.inc
PA: <\/span>Home made dual band (50\/70 MHz), GS31B.<\/p>\r\n

70 MHz: – Temporary QRT!<\/span><\/strong>
Transceiver:<\/span>  Modified YAESU FT-847 + LNA. 70W output.
Antenna:<\/span> 7 el yagi YU7EF.
PA:<\/span> Home made dual band (50\/70 MHz), GS31B. Abt. 500W output.<\/p>\r\n

144 MHz tropo and EME: QRT EME, probably forever <\/strong>
Setup 1:<\/span>  FT-736R or YAESU FT-847;
Setup 2:<\/span> Transverter XV144 (Elecraft) + FT-2000 (IF 28 MHz) + SDR-IQ;
Preamp:<\/span> Mast head, PA3BIY design.
<\/em>PA1: <\/span>Mirage B-5030-G (250 W). Using stay alone or as a driver for PA2.
PA2:<\/span> GS35B (> 1KW output). Home build
Antenna:<\/span><\/span> 2M18XXX . No elevation .<\/p>\r\n

432 MHz tropo and EME:<\/strong>
Setup1:<\/span><\/span>  YAESU FT847 and FT-736R;
Setup 2:<\/span> Transverter XV432 (Elecraft) + FT-2000 (IF 28 MHz) + SDR-IQ;
Preamp:<\/span> Mast head G4DDK
PA1:<\/span><\/span> HL-250 Udx (SSPA, 250 W, from Tokyo HY-Power, Japan<\/a>). Driver for PA2:
PA2:<\/span> GS35B ( 1 KW output). Home build
Antenna:<\/span><\/span> 8 x 19 el. (V\u00e4rgarda) , Maximum elevation 60 degrees.<\/p>\r\n

High voltage power supply<\/strong> is a common for 144 and 432 power amplifiers.
3 phases x 380V, 3.5 KV, 1 Amp.<\/p>\r\n

1296 MHz tropo: <\/strong>
Setup1:<\/span> Transverter 1296\/28 (DEMI<\/a>) + FT-2000 + SDR-IQ
Setup 2:<\/span> Transceiver YAESU-736R
Preamp:<\/span> Mast head G4DDK
PA1:<\/span> MKU 13200 A, from KUHNE electronic<\/a>, Max power 200 W
Antenna:<\/span> 4 x 23CM35EZ (M2)<\/p>\r\n

1296 MHz EME: 
<\/strong>Transverter 1296\/28 (DEMI<\/a>) + FT-2000 + SDR-IQ
Preamp:<\/span> Mast head G4DDK
PA: MKU PA 23CM-1000W CU, from KUHNE electronic<\/a>, Max power 1100 W
Antenna: 3.0 meter solid dish, septum feed (RA3AQ)<\/p>\r\n

QO-100 Satellite.<\/strong>
All equipment from “DXPatrol”: UP- and Down converters and 10 W PA.
Antenna: 1.5 M dish with LNB and helix feed.<\/p>\r\n

Coaxial cables:<\/strong>
DXer-206: <\/span>Draka  RF 7\/8″,  23 m long;
50 MHz:<\/span> 8D-FB. 29 m long
432 MHz TX:<\/span> Draka  RF 7\/8″-50.  16 m long;
432 MHz RX:<\/span> H-2000 Flex. 16 m long
1296 MHz  Tropo<\/span>: <\/span>LDF4-50. 18 m. long
1296 MHz EME RX: H-2000 Flex, 18 m long
1296 MHz EME TX: Draka RF 7\/8″, 16 m + 3 m jumper.<\/p>\r\n

Rotators and controllers:<\/strong>
3 x YAESU G-1000SDX and G-1000DXC (Azimuth on all masts);
Heavy duty linear actuators, 24″
 ARSWin by EA4TX<\/span>, (Azimuth and elevation of antennas). Running under the tracking programs.
OE5JFL azimuth-elevation controller for 3 meter dish.
PstRotator <\/a>– Tracking Software for Antenna Rotators<\/p>\r\n

Logging programs:<\/strong>
N1MM+<\/a><\/span> – logger for all HF and VHF contests;
DX4WIN<\/a> (ver. 8.05) –<\/span> as a common HF and VHF log.
DXLab<\/a> – better alternative for DX4WIN. Now is a main common log.
V<\/a>QLog<\/a> (ver. 3.1 build 461)<\/span> – logger for VHF-UHF-SHF and satellites only.
Ham Radio DeLuxe (ver.5.24.0.28)<\/a>:<\/span> Digital modes (PSK and RTTY) and satellite tracking;
This the last free version of HRD!<\/p>\r\n

Other Software:<\/strong>
WSJT-10 and WSJT-X<\/a> for EME;
MSHV<\/a> – Meteor scatter (FSK441 and MSK144) and FT-8.
DX Atlas (ver. 2.3)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>: for grid square statistic and mapping;
SpectraVue<\/a>:<\/span> running together with SDR-IQ. The latest version<\/a>.
PstRotator<\/a>:<\/span> software for Antenna Rotators.
EME System (ver.7)<\/a> by F1EHN. EME tracking software<\/p>\r\n

My RIG in the shack from front and behind:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n