{"id":534,"date":"2019-04-14T21:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T04:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2019-04-22T10:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T17:01:54","slug":"station-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/?page_id=534","title":{"rendered":"Station Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left\"><u>K6DSA<\/u><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2>Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally licensed when I was 12 years old, under the call sign KF6PGG, I&#8217;m back into the hobby after a long period of inactivity having been bit by the HF bug as a result of the expanded Technician privileges. Resultantly, I&#8217;ve recently upgraded to General; Next stop &#8211; Extra!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My station fits in a box, which allows me easily operate from anywhere\u00a0including the corner in our house which has become the shack. The setup borrows heavily from\u00a0KJ6VU&#8217;s packaging of the IC7100\u00a0with minor adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/davidadriaanse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3379.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3379.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3379-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3379-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3379-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Status:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless noted otherwise, I&#8217;m operating from my home QTH &#8211; Marana, AZ, Grid DM42lk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Radio Interests:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>HF-UHF operations, particularly in digital and satellite modes<\/li><li>Portable operations<\/li><li>Emergency communication<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Go-Box<\/strong> (used for both fixed and portable ops)<ul><li>Icom IC-7100 HF-UHF Multi-Mode Transceiver<\/li><li>SDRPlay RSP1a Receiver<\/li><li>Raspberry Pi 3b+<\/li><li>LDG IT-100 auto tuner<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Fixed Ops<\/strong><ul><li>Alinco DR-135MKII 2M FM Transceiver<\/li><li>MFJ-1984MP End-Fed Half Wave (EFHW) antenna, 40-10m<\/li><li>Cushcraft A6270-13S 6m\/2m\/70cm triband yagi on Channel Master rotor<\/li><li>Arrow OSJ 146\/440 vertical<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Portable Ops<\/strong><ul><li>Satellite<ul><li>Celestron Nexstar+ telescope mount (AltAz rotator)<\/li><li>Arrow II 2m\/70cm yagi<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>HF<ul><li>Modified MFJ 2286 w\/ homebrew tripod and radial adapter<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Software:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Gpredict for satellite prediction (win32 build)<\/li><li>CubicSDR<\/li><li>Hamlib for rigctl and rotctl libraries (win32 build)<\/li><li>Log4OM logging software<\/li><li>PSTrotator<\/li><li>WSJT-X<\/li><li>JS8Call<\/li><li>fldigi<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(passed Element 1 &#8211; 1\/10\/1998, Element&nbsp;2 &#8211;&nbsp;1\/11\/1998, officiated &#8211; 01\/23\/1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(passed Element 3 &#8211; 8\/4\/2018, officiated &#8211; 8\/14\/2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K6DSA Summary: Originally licensed when I was 12 years old, under the call sign KF6PGG, I&#8217;m back into the hobby after a long period of inactivity having been bit by the HF bug as a result of the expanded Technician privileges. Resultantly, I&#8217;ve recently upgraded to General; Next stop &#8211; Extra! My station fits in<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/?page_id=534\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Poyh1-8C","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidadriaanse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}