AF6SA Amateur Radio Station, El Dorado Hills, California, QRA: CM98lq
Located in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains on a residential lot with CC&R antenna restrictions.
Rotatable antenae are located on the house roof and the rest are made from wires between oak trees.
Antennae on house roof: 2x9 Xpol 144MHz + 2x19 Xpol 432MHz Az/El rotatable Sat/EME. Mosley MP-33 + 6M add-on.
AF6SA + KK6VIX on Big Hill. Solar powered, new 12Vdc portable rotation
Shack is located in an outbuilding with 240VAC/30A service, Gigabit Ehternet and AC/Heat pump.
Products I've designed, manuafactured and sell at my Webstore.
Base Station: Photo album
- Transceiver: Flex-6600 + 144, 432 transverters
- 1KW HF Solid state Power Amplifier, ART2K0 LDMOS, PIN diode QSK, WiFi network
- WiFi remote tuner / antenna switch. Station automation project.
- AT 5888UV Tri-bander FM base / portable.
Antenna: Photo album
- Mosley MP-33 Tribander for 20M - 10M. 6M 3el add-on single coax feed. CD-45 rotor, home build AE-21 rotor controller with WiFi interface.
- 160M Helical top loaded vertical 57ft.
- 80M top loaded wire vertical 50ft.
- 40M Delta loop / 50ft vertical.
- 2x9 element X-polarised 144MHz G0KSC LFA Yagi with home build polarity switch and LNA NF=0.4dB. Polarity can be switched to Horizontal, Vertical, LHCP or RHCP.
- 2x19 element X-polarised 432MHz Yagi with home build polarity switch and LNA NF=0.5dB. Polarity can be switched to Horizontal, Vertical, LHCP or RHCP.
- AE-21 AZ/EL rotor controller with WiFi interface.
- RX crossed loops,1.25M dia, H/V polarized. AAA-1C amplifier by LZ1AQ. WiFi TV Rotor Controller AE-12
Mobile Station:
- Kenwood TM-D710 FM and APRS.
- Diamond CR-320 or A-M3B 145/220/440 ¼ GP
Portable Station: Photo album
- TRX: ICOM IC-7100 / IC-705
- All 12Vdc power. Solar panel 100W + 100Ah battery
- 6M 3el, design by DK7ZB
- 144MHz 5el + 432MHz 8el dual bander by DK7ZB
- Portable rotation - WiFi Rotor controler PWRC inside a TV rotor