VE6XL Pictures

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Full view of station:

  • Astron VS-50M
  • Kenwood TS-570SG
  • Rigblaster M8
  • Heil GM-10
  • Yaesu FT-897D
  • AlfaSpid Rotator Controller
  • Ameritron AL-811H
  • Palstar AT4K
Kenwood TS-570SG main board
Yaesu FT-897D main board
Icom IC-2100H PCB

Microphonic / crackling fix
Screws are re-tightened
New screws required on PCB
Heil Goldline GM-4
Internal view of Goldline microphone

Full range "Pro Line" broadcast &
HC-4 "DX" element
PTT switches
(Heil HS-1, HS-2 and homebrew)

AL-811H amplifier
Palstar AT4K tuner
Internal view of tuner and amplifier
Mirage B2518G 2m Amplifier
ICE (Industrial Communications Engineers)
Model 421 Low pass filters
Before and after the RF amplifier
DX Engineering 1:1 Balun
Interior of DXE-BAL050-H11-CT
Astron VS-50M 50A Power Supply
West Mountain Radio
RIGrunner 4008 & Back-up Power
Hoffman box enclosure
Bulkhead and lightning protection
AlfaSpid rotator
Custom mounting hardware

20m rotatable dipole mount
Old 20m Dipole
Diamond X200A VHF/UHF dual band
Trylon tower

Antennas with a coating of frost
Force 12 C3SS HF Yagi parts
Pop rivets used to attach elements

Covers 10-15-20m (12 dBi / 4 dBd)
C3SS 20m linear loading

C3SS tri-band on Trylon Tower
Diamond X200A VHF/UHF (top)
C3SS Yagi at sunset

40m Vertical flagpole antenna
during a storm (see clouds)

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