KF6RDO's Ham Radio Shack

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Hello and welcome to my webpage. My name is Michael and my QTH is in
Palmdale, CA USA. My ham radio callsign is KF6RDO. I really enjoy working
stations on HF and VHF/UHF. I love to work those DX stations! My class of license is
General. My 2 favorite bands are 10 meters and 6 meters. I also like to
participate in the VHF/UHF contests. I have been working the contests from my home
QTH. Please look through my webpage and be sure to BOOKMARK this page for future updates!

Thank You & 73,

Michael KF6RDO

Grid Square: DM04XN

Ham Radio Shack Components

RIGS

Yaesu FT-847 HF-6m-2m-432/440 All-Mode Base Station Radio
Yaesu FT-51 2m/440 HT
Yaesu FT-2500 2m mobile
Yaesu FT-8500 2m/440 Dual Band Mobile
Yaesu FT-100 HF + 6m + 2m + 440 MHz All-Mode Mobile Transceiver

Antennas

Force12 C-4 10-40 Meter Beam (The newest addition!)
Diamond CP6 80m-6m Vertical Antenna
80-10 m Dipole
Cushcraft A50-5S 6m 5 Element Yagi
Cushcraft A148-20T 2m Cross-Polarized Yagi
Cushcraft 719B 432/440 19 element Yagi
Elk Antennas 14 Element 440 MHz Log Periodic Beam (On its last days)
ATAS-100 HF + 6m + 2m + 440 MHz mobile antenna (to go with FT-100)

AMPLIFIERS

Dentron Clipperton L 160-10 Meter 2 KW
Mirage A1015G 6 Meter 150 Watt
RF Concepts RFC-2-417 2 Meter 170 Watt
RF Concepts RFC-4-310 70 cm 100 Watt

Ham Radio Photos

Photo of KF6RDO in his shack

CLICK HERE to enter the KF6RDO Mobile-Van Shack

The picture to the left is a picture of my antenna tower before the new addition to the antenna farm. Antenna from the top to the bottom: 440 MHz Log, 719B 432/440 MHz Beam A148-20T 2m Cross Yagi Beam, and last is the Cushcraft A50-5S 6m 5 elm Yagi.

I obtained a 42 ft Tri-Ex THD-542 crank up tower to hold up my new Force12 C-4 10-40 meter beam! The tower is now set in cement. We will be guying the tower with 1/4" kevlar! Man, these guy wires will hold my tower in place for decades!

NEW photo of Michael's house and antenna farm

There's a photo of the tower with the VHF/UHF antennas

The AWESOME Force12 C-4 10-40 Meter Beam!

Here is a photo of my new Force12 C-4 beam on my new
42 foot crank up tower! YES! It performs just as good as
it looks. No, on second thought, even BETTER!

Here's some specs on this antenna:

Boom Length	18 ft.
Wind Load	6.4 sq. ft.
Turning Radius	19.8 ft.
7.000-7.300 Gain (DBd)	5.7 (0.0 net)
14.000-14.350 Gain (DBd)	10.4 (4.6 net)
18.068-18.168 Gain (DBd)	7.6 (2.5 net)
21.000-21.450 Gain (DBd)	10.6 (4.8 net)
24.890-24-990 Gain (DBd)	7.4 (2.1 net)
28.000-29.700 Gain (DBd)	10.2 (4.4 net)

CLICK HERE to go to Force12's web site

CLICK HERE to view more photos

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KF6RDO's Link Section

RV Parts Plus (Check it out! RV Parts @ Great prices!)
MAG Electronics (Ham Radio & Computer Product for less!)
Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club Local Ham Radio Club
QRZ (QRZ Online Callsign Search Database)
QTH.com (QTH has the biggest Ham Radio classified ads)
E-bay (Huge online Auction web site, tons of Ham Radio stuff)
KQ6MU's Ham Radio Resources
NERDS Page New Mexicans Engaged in Radio Discussions Amateur Radio Club

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