Licensed since 1956, I've seen a lot of changes in the Ham Radio hobby. It has been a social and technical tool for me throughout my life, bringing me many good friends, employment opportunities, and has proven quite educational.

I have a homepage at k7buc.org

Currently, I'm using an FT-900 tranceiver, the Alpha 77 amp, and a 120' dipole at 40' height which seems to work well.

The audio goes from the Neumann KM-184 mic through a Millennia Media preamp then into an Eventide DSP-4000B. This unit is fully programmable, so I'm running a vocal enhancement program, which includes downward expansion, compression, some equalization and a noise gate. Next the audio goes into another Eventide DSP-4000B, which I use as a parametric equalizer with some compression. Finally, the audio goes into a DBX 166 compressor/noise gate. The compression is somewhat soft in this unit above the threshold, allowing a pleasant rollover from linear to compressed. This way its not so obvious that it is being compressed. The equipment is connected via a patch panel, so that any input or output can be connected to any other. Its very handy.

Pictures of Equipment at K7BUC

Alpha PA-77 (one 8877 tube)

Yaesu FT-900 and DSP unit

Operating Position

Audio Processing Equipment

Checking out the Henry 2-KD5

Inside the Henry 2-KD5

Preamp and digital interfaces

Stereo System in family room

73 Del