Station Equipment

Compared to other folks, I have a pretty modest station. Fortunately, there are no antenna restrictions where I live, so at least I can put up some decent antennas ... and they seem to do the job.

High Frequency Equipment

Yaesu FT-1000MP with INRAD filters and most mods
MFJ Grandmaster Memory Keyer and Bencher Paddle
MFJ Voice Keyer
MFJ Antenna Tuner
Heath WWV Clock

VHF/UHF Equipment

While currently not very active on SSB and CW on these bands, my equipment on VHF/UHF consists of:

Yaesu FT-726R All Mode (144, 432, and Satellite Modules)
Kenwood TR-9000 144 All Mode
Mirage B-1016 160 Watt 144 MHz amplifier
Mirage D-1010 100 Watt 432 MHz amplifier
Advanced Receiver Research SP144VDG GaASFET Preamplifier (in shack)
Advanced Receiver Research SP432VDG GaASFET Preamplifier (in shack)
Yaesu FT-1500M FM Mobile
1/4 wave mobile magnetic mount antenna
Alinco DJ-195 2 Meter hand-held
Kantronics KPC-2 TNC
Kantronics KPC-3 TNC

Antennas

40' Tri Ex Crank Up Tower
Cushcraft A4 HF Triband antenna @ 37'
Center Fed Zepp @ 35'
Cushcraft 144 MHz 15 element boomer @ 41'
Cushcraft 432 MHz 24 element boomer @ 45'
Cushcraft 144-20T (10 element circularly polarized) for Satellite and local FM
KLM 18C (9 element circularly polarized) for Satellite

Computers and Logging Programs

HP 866 Pentium III (main computer)
Old COMPAQ laptop for contest logging
NA 10.x contest logging software (DOS)
DX4WIN logging software

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WA7BNM Contest Calendar

NCCC Sprint
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All Asian DX Contest, Phone
Russian RTTY WW Contest
NCCC Sprint
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North American Sprint, CW
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
Tennessee QSO Party
RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB

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