> yes, sounds like you worked the same two stations...UA0SE in senegal, and
> D44AC in kape verde. I got them both on 20M.
> our club station is quite well stocked with large antennas, towers and
> radios...there are at least 4 fully operational HF stations in the main
> building...only one is hooked up to the big beam, but the others have some
> good high dipoles and such on them.
> 3 756 pro 3's and a TS2000X with the 1.2GHZ module, but no vs3 yet.
> we're supposed to be getting 3 full sized HF verticals this summer to
> compliment the stations not using the big beam.
> Each position also has a computer and dual band icom 2720, along with
> various other mono-band VHF/UHF radios. the club also has a few wide band
> PC bassed receivers, scanners and various other receivers and transceivers
> for general use. All that, and I'm not including the 6 or so repeaters
> they have in the building as well...off the top of my head, there is a 6M
> repeater, 1 2M repeater, a 220 repeater, a UHF repeater, a DStar repeater
> on VHF, a 1.2GHZ repeater, as well as 3 or 4 linking repeaters for the
> wide area system that links in about 5 different repeaters.
> We've got IRLP and echolink set up on the main repeater system as well.
> There is a secondary building for ARES training as well as new ham class
> training and various other club events like breakfasts/coffee meets.
> As far as I know, there are four towers, ranging from the main tower which
> is 250FT that has the majority of the repeater antennas on it along with
> some other commercial and cellular gear up on it, down to a 30FT tower
> which has some random VHF/UHF verticals and is used for support for a
> couple of the dipoles.
> There is a 3 element stepIR up on a 30FT tower as well, but the rotator
> brake is broken and no one has run a roter cable or coax up to the beam
> yet...kind of a major waste in my opinion.
> We've also got a fully functional and stocked portible trailer called the
> NARC pack Two which has a VHF repeater inside, along with a 30FT hydrollic
> telescoping tower and a 3 element multi-band beam that can be assembled
> and put up for events or emergencies.
> Radios in there include, the last time I was in it, a TS570DG, ts2000, 3
> dual band icoms, CB, bc780 scanner, about 6 dual band HT's in permanently
> mounted chargers and strapped down, along with various FRS/GMRS and
> programmable commercial type HT's for whatever might happen.
> The trailer has a 5KW generator along with a compliment of batteries to
> run everything free of the generator...they've got a 200 gallon fuel tank
> for the generator as well.
>
> And the best part about all of this stuff, the club building and club
> trailer, is that hardly any of it is used on a regular basses. the HF
> stations are very rarely actually used, and they don't even allow anyone
> to run contests in there other than field day sometimes or canada day or
> the rac winter contest.
> the trailer gets moved about twice a year to set up at a marathon or a
> public event in a park or something...but sits doing nothing the rest of
> the year.
> oh well, at least it's all there if we needed it or if we eventually get a
> club executive who actually lets the members use the equipment more than
> half an hour a week.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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