The Shack

• Yaesu FL2100Z linear
• Icom 7400 + Signalink USB for digital modes
• Yaesu FT1000MP + MD100 running the linear usually on the hexbeam.
• Live weather information from my weatherstation: http://www.weatherlink.com/user/vk2acc/

The Antenna Farm

• K4KIO Broadband Hexbeam (G3TXQ design) - 6 bands 20/17/15/12/10/6 on a G650a rotator
• PAR-40 end fed half wave mounted below the rotator is the wire going into left-top corner
• Diamond X510M 2m/70cm vertical on tilt-over tower on left
• Off-Centre Fed Dipole used for 80m mounted below the vertical

Station Helpers

• Monty (SK) when I was VK2HAQ

• Pippin and Max (now in training)

Long Term Project

Restoring a Hallicrafters Cyclone SR400 - all valve (no transistors), 200W out on a good day downhill.

Pictured with a Shure 401A HiZ mike.

The PS500a power supply / speaker weighs more than the transceiver !

Norfolk Island Trip 2010

I operated on Norfolk Island from Feb 4th to Feb 9th as VK2ACC/9.

This was a "holiday style operation" with me operating for a couple of hours in the afternoons, normally from a park bench at our accomodation.

I had an FT897D + Buddipole (40-6m) and PAR end-fed 40/20/10m long wire, so power was100 or 25W respectively.

Total confirmed contacts were 60 over 6 days. My target was 20 so success was declared !

1 x 6m, 2 x 10m, 3 x 40m and the rest on 20m.

SSB contacts with: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, Hawaii, South Cook Islands, Guam and Argentina.

I gave PSK31 a go and made a few contacts back into VK @ 25W.

Working the John Moyle Field Day with Nev (pictured) as VK2SF/P

• 2010 1st place Multi-Operator 6-hour Phone/HF section
• 2011 2nd place Multi-Operator 6-hour Phone/HF section