United States Air Force
Military Affiliate Radio System
"Providing the reins of command in emergencies"


AFF1N
Region One Voice Net Manager

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AFA1HS/W7THS
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AFA1EC/N2EAC
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AFA1CY/WI9NDY
The modest AFA1CY station

Score Hoar Frost 1 and Antenna 0 (January 2004)
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Sure microphone, Yes! That IS a straight key, The ever present Cup-O-Coffee (Evista, a Lilly drug of course).
Icom IC-718, MFJ antenna match.
Radio Shack 8-channel scanner (with local repeaters), KAM multimode, Motorola VHF (commercial frequencies) Radio Shack HTX-10 10-meter (SSB & FM), Back-up battery monitor (showing voltage). Below picture: 12V back-up battery and charger.
This is being housed in a retired stereo cabinet. My desk with computer is to the left and I have interface between the PC and HF/VHF equipment.
73
Rich
Novel Guying Method.
I had a problem guying my homebrew vertical and came up with this configuration. The center cross-arm consists of a PVC 'T' which is slipped over the vertical and held in place with a screw clamp and guying washer under it. Two 3' pieces of PVC pipe are then installed as the 'arms'. A small line is attached to a point about 6' from the top of the antenna then through the cross-arm and anchored to the roof edge. This is repeated for the other cross-arm. It stayed up in several severe (60+ MPH gusts) storms.
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