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Brief Introduction to Becoming an Amateur Radio Operator  PDF presentation notes I created.

QTH:                            SEE MY RASPBERRY PI PAGE FOR MY HAM RADIO PROJECTS
  • 15105 Eagle Ridge Rd., Eagle, MI 48822 USA        (15 miles West of Lansing, Michigan)
  • Grid: EN72ot        ITU:8        CQ: 4                View my location on GridMapper by QRZ (and see other hams in my grid square.. Pretty cool!)
Page last updated: October 4, 2015              (Updated WiRES-X info)
Behind the door. All the main equipment and cables are hidden within the column. The shelves are simply made of thin 1/2" OSB board. All 12v gear is powered by my solar battery array. My antennas are all in the attic. Luckily, the column goes up to the attic.
The wood door covering the opening in the base of column. The door was a scrap door purchased from Menards.
The visible equipment mounted on a hollow drywall column. I mounted remote heads for all equipment.
My "Ham Shack"
I set up my ham shack in the kitchen area so that I can play on the ham equipment and not be isolated from my wife. She wanted it to look decent, so here is the result:
Base Station
Yaesu FTM-400DR
    Antenna: Diamond X300A in attic
BU-2 Bluetooth Module
FVS-2 Voice Module
APRS: WA8KIM
YSF: WA8KIM-HOM
Mobile
Yaesu FTM-400DR
('14 GMC Acadia)
Antenna: Comet SBB-224
Diamond K9000TM Mount
BU-2 Bluetooth Module
FVS-2 Voice Module
APRS: WA8KIM-9
YSF: WA8KIM-TRK
Yaesu FTM-400DR
('01 Ford Mustang)
Antenna: Comet SBB-224
Diamond K600M Mount
BU-2 Bluetooth Module
FVS-2 Voice Module
APRS: WA8KIM-9
YSF: WA8KIM-CAR
Portable
Baofeng UV-3R
Antenna:
Diamond SRH805S
Baofeng UV5RA (x3)
Antenna: Nagoya NA-701
Yaesu FT1DR
Antenna: Diamond SRH519
MH-85A11U Camera Microphone
APRS: WA8KIM-7
YSF: WA8KIM-FT1
Yaesu VX-8DR
Diamond SRH320A or
Diamond SRH519 antenna
MH-74A7A  Speaker/Mic
FGPS-2 GPRS Module
BU-2 Bluetooth Module
APRS: WA8KIM-7
Digital
WiRES-X: Repeater: WA8KIM-RPT (21149) / Home: WA8KIM-ND (11258) Digital via Yaesu FTM-100DR on 144.250MHz at 20 watts using a Comet CX-333 antenna in attic. A Yaesu SMB-201 Desktop Cooling Fan keeps the unit cool. The computer is an ASUS X205TA laptop on Windows 10 / Mobile: WA8KIM-MBL (11518).

EchoLink: WA8KIM-R (#8126) on my repeater (444.275+ PL100.0Hz), WA8KIM (#8124) on iPod, WA8KIM-L (#8125) on SVXLink Cube Mobile. The computer is an ECS LIVA Mini PC running Windows 8.1

Rigblaster Advantage and / or Yaesu SCU-17 on Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Window XP using Ham Radio Deluxe
Uniden BCD436HP Handheld Scanner. Trunk Tracker V Digital Scanner with National Database.
Simply enter ZIP code and it will scan everything within your set radius.
Uniden BC-RH96 Remote Head.
(Allows me to hide the BCD996XT, antenna, and cords for wife-friendly ham station)
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner. Trunk Tracker IV Digital Scanner
Scanners
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Yaesu FT-991
C4FM System Fusion Digital
HF, VHF, & UHF
YSF: WA8KIM-991
Tuner: LDG YT-1200
Yaesu FTM-100DR
(WiRES-X Personal Node)
Antenna: Comet CX-333 in attic
WiRES-X: WA8KIM-KIM #11258
Yaesu FT-857D
Antennas: W8AMZ G5RV Jr. & Tram 1480 in attic
Tuner: LDG YT-100