Username: Bob_p
    Full Name: Bob
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    Last Logged In: June 12, 2007
    Registered: July 05, 2004
    Total Posts: 714
    Status: Advanced Member
    Handle / Call Sign: Call sign is KG6POG
    Home Channel/ Frequency: 14.240 (Big Bear 2 meter repeater) 144.300
    Mode AM/SSB: SSB ,PSK31, some AM on 80 meters but SSB is by far my favorite mode.
    City: Sugarloaf
    State / Province: California
    Country: San Bernardino
    Latitude: 34.246433
    Longitude: -116.825441
    Occupation: Retired manager of Information &Technology
    Top 5 DX Contacts: I guess this depends on the most exciting or the furthest from my locaqtion.

    EA3JE LONG PATH FROM BACELONA SPAIN 18980 MILES

    ZS6CCY WALKERVILLE SOUTH AFRICA 10339 MILES

    ZS4U LANGENHOVENPARK SOUTH AFRICA
    10253 MILES

    ZS6AJD PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA
    10251 MILES

    ZS6GHK MmBATHO SOUTH AFRICA
    10142 MILES

    My favorite contacts are
    1. 9K2GS KAWAIT a regualar on 20 m
    2. EX8AA KYRGYZSTAN QSO on 3 Bands
    3. JT1CO my first to Mongolia
    4. 3Y0X PETER ISLAND Antarica
    5. ZS6GHK my first to South Africa
    Month/Year Started in Radio: 1975 quit in 81 then started again in 2001
    Base Radio: Kenwood TS-480HX & Yausu 1802, and an Icom 720A
    Base Antenna: Cushcraft MA5B 5 band beam, a Gap Titan DX 10-80 meter vertical, Spi-Ro VS-53 10-80 sloper, 40 meter Dipole an 80 meter dipole and a Diamond 6 meter beam.
    Base Microphone: Heil GM-5 & Kenwood MC-60A for HF. A Yaesu stock microphone for 2 meters.
    Base Equipment Other: An Ameritron AL-80b 1kw+ amplifier. Ham Radio Deluxe for computer interface for many of the newer radios.

    Yaesu G-450 Rotor for the MA5B mini-beam.

    MFJ 949-E antenna tuner, cross needle SWR/Power meter, 2 coax and 1 balanced wire antenna switch.

    50 feet of 1318FX Cable X- perts version 9913F on all base antennas.

    Diawa CS-201 antenna switch to switch between the Titan DX and the I-Max (which works better than the Titan on 10,11 and 12 meters).

    B&W Low Pass Filter.

    Yaesu FT-2800m 2 meter radio with a Diamond CP-22E antenna and Cushcraft 4 element 2 meter yagi, and a 2 meter Yagi, runs off of a PS-26KX power supply and using a Workman SX-144/430 cross needle power/SWR meter.

    PS-52KX power supply for the Kenwood TS-480HX

    PS-14KX and a radio Shack SWR/Power meter for the Grant LT.

    A Palstar AT1KM tuner and power meter.

    A Diawa CN-801 True Peak reading power and SWR meter.

    A Pyramid PS-52KX that has worked beautifully for the past few years to power my Kenwood TS-480HX (requires 42 amps)
    Two PS-36KX power supplies, and a spare PS-26KX, and a radio shack 25 amp switching power supply for the 2 meter.

    Microphones include:

    A Kenwood MC 60-A

    A Heil GM-5

    A very lightly used last production year Silver Eagle.

    An Astatic 1104-C

    A Like new Turner +2 SSB

    A great sounding Turner +3B
    Mobile Radio: Two Yaesu FT 1802m 2 meter mono-bander
    Mobile Antenna: Two Hustler 5/8ths wave 2 meter antennas
    Mobile Microphone: Yaesu stock mic's for the 2 meter radios
    Mobile Equipment Other: Alinco 2 meter HT
    ADI 201HP 2 meter HT

    Diamond 5/8ths wave HT antenna
    Diamond 1/2 wave HT antenna

    Pryme speaker mic's for both of these HT's.
    A kenwood VX 170 2 meter HT with all of the options (nice little 2 meter HT).

    2 Cobra 36 ST Hand Held 40 channel AM CB's for trips outdoors with freinds and family.

    And a couple of Coba 20 mile GMS/FRS radios for GP.
    CEF #: 362
    Coax info and ERP calculator: http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm
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