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N 37.55915, W 121.99260, CM97an - former call: WB6MYC
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First licensed in 1964; assigned W6PQL in 2003, which was the call first issued to my late father in 1938.
Hobbies other than amateur radio include wine making, precision shooting, and recreational tennis. The children are all grown up now, on their own, and doing O.K. One daughter is an engineer, the other a CPA. Maybe now I can get my computer fixed and my taxes done...
The antennas are pretty modest, mostly small Yagis at about 33 feet. The antenna mast rotates through a bearing bolted to the apex of the roof (the rotator is located on top of a trellis).
Station capabilities are listed here:
| 1.8-50 Mhz | 144-148 Mhz | 222-224 Mhz | 420-450 Mhz | 902-904 Mhz | 1240-1300 Mhz | 2304-2308 MHz | 3456-3460 MHz |
| Yaesu FT-897, MFJ tuner | Icom IC-910H, Klitzing amplifier | Yaesu FT-897, DEMI transverter, Mirage amplifier | Icom IC-910H, Mirage amplifier | Yaesu FT-897, DEMI transverter, home-brew 28v amplifier | Icom IC-910H, GS-15B cavity amplifier | Yaesu FT-897, hybrid transverter and hybrid amplifier | Yaesu FT-817 and a hybrid transverter |
| 65' inverted 'V', ladder line feed, 2dbi | 7 element Yagi, 12dbi | 10 element Yagi, 14dbi | 15 element Yagi, 16 dbi | 46 element stacked Yagi array, 21 dbi | 124 element stacked Yagi array, 25 dbi | 52 element loop Yagi, 21.5 dbi | 55 element loop Yagi, 22 dbi |
| 100w | 180w | 180w | 100w | 300w | 300w | 120w | 50w |
73 - Jim