Beautiful Colorado mountain cabin with ham radio access at the foot of Mt. Princeton

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The "ham shack" is located in the loft and is equipped with the following:


The operating desk accommodates three operators, for multi-class contesting efforts.

For HF:
  • ICOM 756 PRO3 transceiver
  • ICOM 746 PRO transceiver
  • ICOM 765 transceiver
  • Alpha 91b amplifier
  • Nye Viking MB-V-A tuner
  • Rotor controls and antenna switches
  • Restored NC 183D for nostalgic SWLing
  • Restored Drake T4X/R4B twins

For VHF:

  • ICOM 706MKIIG
  • Rotor control and antenna switch

There is also a New Dell Computer with dialup (telephone modem) connection to the internet.  The latest version of Writelog has been installed.


The antennas are supported on three towers:

  • An 85-ft. tower supports:
    • Force 12 C39XRN at 85 ft (40-20-15-10)
    • Force 12 7-element 6M beam at 90 ft
    • Force 12 C3E side-mounted at 50 feet (covers Japan through Europe),
  • A 50-ft. tower supports a 3 EL. STEPPIR Yagi for 10, 12, 15, 17, and 20 meters
  • A 40-ft. tower supports stacked M2 beams for 2 meters
  • Wire antennas for 30, 80 and 160

In addition, the WØLSD 2-meter repeater is located on Mt. Princeton at 10,200 ft.  The repeater is accessed using a 100 Hz tone.  The frequency is 146.745 (transmit offset down 600KHz).  This repeater is open, and has wide-area coverage, using an HT.

 


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STEPPIR Yagi at 50'

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Stacked M2 antennas for 2M

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C39 XRN at 85': 7-ele 6M at 90'
C3E (side mounted) at 50'