Current Setup as of 2025-04-23

Rigs:

• Apache Labs Andromeda used mainly for SSB and CW on HF
• Apache Labs G2 Ultra used for FT8, SSB & CW with Thetis
• Anan 7000DLE MK2  used for 160 through 10 m RX only
• Kenwood TS-890S used for digital modes on HF and as contest radio
• Icom 7610 used as a general RX and backup contest radio
• Yaesu FTDX10 used on 6m for various digital modes
• Icom 9700 2m, 70 cm and 23 cm SSB, CW, FM and Digital modes
  
• Icom 705 mainly for 2m FM and for HF RDF
  
• Kenwood D700 and D710 for VHF FM
• Alinco DR-135 for Vara (winlink) on 2m and 70 cm
• Anan 10 as a general HF receiver
• Anan piHPSDR controller for the Anan radios - mainly used for SSB
• Various other VHF and UHF rigs used to monitor the local repeaters

Antennas:

• 2 x 26 m doublet at 28 metres fed with 450 Ohm twin-lead used for 80, 40 and 20 metres
• OCF dipole used for 40, 30, 15, 12 and 10 m
• 80 m EFHW at about 12 m as a backup antenna
• 3 element Yagi at 10 m for the 6 m band
• 10 element dual polarization for the 2 m band at 11 m
• 3 broadband "magnetic" loop RX-only antennas
• Various VHF/UHF vertical antennas

Computers:

• Raspberry Pi 4B which runs my Hamclock and one for monitoring FT8 on an alternate HF band
• Four Windows 11 computers mainly used to run software-defined radios and digital modes (mostly FT-8)

Software:

• OpenHPSDR Thetis
• WSJT-X (usually the latest release or release candidates)
• RMS Express
• Fldigi
• N1MM for contests

Linear Amplifiers:

• Elecraft KPA-1500
• RF-Kit RF2K-S
• SPE Expert1.5K-FA mainly used for 6 m
• 4o3a Power Genius
• W6PQL 1 KW 2m amplifier

Power Backup:

• 220 Ah 12 Volt battery bank available to support emergency communications
• 2 KW generator for longer power outages