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N6ACA's QTH

The N6ACA QTH is located in Livermore, California, which is in Alameda County and in Maidenhead grid square CM97cp.

I operate our of my garage ham shack currently. At this point it is a mess, and I'm working on getting a dedicated operating position and electronics workbench setup, as right now it is all in combined. Radios come in and out as I play with them, but the one that is always there is my trusty Kenwood TM-G707-A that I use for local 2m nets with my local ham clubs.

In the attic here are my antennas:

  • Homebrew 10m dipole (East/West)
  • Homebrew Fan dipole cut for 12/15/17m (East/West). The fan dipole tunes up to 20m and will also tune for 40m NVIS.
  • Homebrew 40m dipole (Routed around the rafters) I built this for Field Day 2024 and redeployed it.
  • Homebrew 6m Moxon (Pointed West to JA/PAC)
  • On the roof I have:

  • Arrow OSJ 146/440 Open Stub J-Pole Antenna. These things last forever.
  • Palomar Off Center Fed (OCF) Dipole 40-6m 1500w
  • I have several projects where I have all the parts, but need to find the time to build and integrate them. These include an APRS mobile digipeater, an APRS iGate/digipeater at the QTH, an Internet connected WebSDR, and the proper routing/dressing of the coax in my garage.

    On-Site links to electronic equipment manuals

  • Alinco DJ-S1
  • Kenwood G-707A
  • Kenwood TS-850SAT
  • RadioShack Pro 2037
  • uSDX and tr(u)SDX files
  • QDX files