My station
My station currently consists of the following equipment:
--Prinary HF station is a Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V
--HF high-power station is a Kenwood TS-940 SAT and Kenwood TL-922A linear amplifier
--HF digital station is a Yaesu FTDX-1200 with Signalink USB interface
--VHF/UHF station is a Yaesu FT-857 which can also serve as a back-up HF station
--For SSB I use a Heil PS6 headset or various Heil microphones mounted on booms
--For CW I usually use Bencher BY-2 iambic paddles into a homebrew memory keyer, but I also have old Brown Bros. BTL-A paddles that I still enjoy using
--Antennas are a Hustler 5-BTV multiband vertical and an inverted-V for 80 meters, with a Cushcraft A3S on a short tower (hopefully) coming soon
About me
W6dvs
I was first licensed as KC6QOO in 1991 as a Novice. I later upgraded to General and then to Advanced, when I got the new call KN6MV. I claimed the vanity callsign W6DVS in 1998 and upgraded to Extra in 2010. My main areas of interest are DX and contesting.