Category Archives: WA4FC Shack

Changes at the shack

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Jay

With the warmer weather brings some small changes to life at the shack.  For those of you that haven’t been by lately, let me know if you would like to come by sometime and partake in the contents of the … Continue reading →

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Moving up in the world

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Jay

No words are necessary.   See what has been added to the shack.    

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New beam goes up soon

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jay

A new Cushcraft A3WS beam will join the other two beams on the tower over the next few weeks.  This antenna is for 17 and 12 meter operations and will give us another antenna to choose from.  The plan is … Continue reading →

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FieldComm status update #3

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Jay

Ok – this is the final post Hurricane Irene update.  Both of the GMRS repeaters are on the air operating under normal conditions, as well as the 220 MHz machine.  The 10m beacon is also back in normal conditions, and … Continue reading →

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Current Status of FieldComm systems

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jay

Just to update anyone who is interested – both the 28.231 and 50.079.5 MHz beacons are off the air pending restoration of power to their locations.  Additionally, the 462.625 MHz repeater is off with an unknown date of return.  The … Continue reading →

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Mototrbo is coming soon !

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jay

There are so many new modes and technologies in radio right now.  Sometimes they start in ham radio and trickle into the rest of the world, but in this case, this stuff has started in the commercial world and trickled … Continue reading →

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New EightPak antenna switching system installed

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jay

A recent improvement to the antenna system at the shack allows for a whole lot of switching and operability between the various components on hand.  The EightPak system from Array Solutions allows up to eight antennas to be switched and … Continue reading →

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WA4FC working KD4ACG on 20 meters

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Jay

We had the great pleasure of a QSO with KD4ACG from his field day site in central Florida earlier today.  Here are two quick video clips of Doug working Jason on 20 meters.

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The shack gets new air conditioning

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Jay

Well ladies and gentlemen, the space shuttle has finally landed.  You know, the air conditioner that we had in the shack for the last eight or so years that was as loud as one.  Well, we finally broke down and … Continue reading →

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