K4DMN

Station

Everything here packs into a car or a backpack. Most activations are FT8 or FT4 at 5 to 10 watts, with a laptop running WSJT-X through a SignaLink USB.

Radios

Portable HF

  • Yaesu FT-817ND (two)
  • Yaesu FT-818ND
  • Yaesu FT-891 (two)

Handheld

  • Yaesu VX-8DR
  • Yaesu FT-60R (sold)

Antennas

Portable

  • Chameleon MPAS 2.0
  • Elk Antennas 2M/440L5 dual-band log periodic
  • MFJ-1982LP 80 to 10 m end-fed half-wave
  • MFJ-1984LP 40 to 10 m end-fed half-wave
  • MFJ-2010 40 to 6 m off-center-fed dipole
  • N9TAX dual-band 2 m/70 cm Slim Jim (UHF connector)
  • Par EndFedz EF-6
  • Par EndFedz EF-20
  • Super Antenna MP-1

Handheld

  • Diamond SRH77CA
  • MFJ-1714S
  • N9TAX dual-band 2 m/70 cm Slim Jim (SMA connector)

Masts and mounts

  • DX Engineering DXE-TCFP-24 telescoping carbon fiber mast
  • MFJ-1919EX heavy-duty tripod and fiberglass mast
  • SOTAbeams MDCS-100 drive-on mast mount

Digital interface

  • SignaLink USB