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​    Kumar J85K - ex J88CF

        Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

Station:-

          HF -- Yaesu FT 2000 transceiver

                  dbx 286A Mic Preamp / Processor

                  Mackie Onyx 1220

                  DOD 231 Q dual 32 band EQ

                  DOD 430 Q dual 15 band EQ

                 Furman PL Plus Series II power line conditioner

                  Alpha 99 RF amplifier

                  Palstar AT Auto, MFJ 962B, MFJ 949D tuners

                  80/40 Horizontal loop, 160-10 OFCD, G5RV,

                  40/80 Sloper antennas



VHF/UHF -- Yaesu FT 8800 / Diamond D3000N Super Discone antenna

                            FT 60R

My hobbies include landscape photography, theatrical stage lighting, woodworking and metalworking........

2012/2013

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Amateur Radio Club ​-- President

 

2012/2014

Friendly 7188 Net -- Net Admin / NCS      http://www.friendly7188net.net/

 

2011/2012

Caribbean Emergency & Weather Net Manager         http://www.cewn.net/

 

 

A Sony ICF-2010, was my initial point of reference into the Short Wave listening phenomenon. In 1979, on my younger brother's J88CG initiative, Thunderbird 155 VQ, a citizens band station was erected.

 

It initially comprised of a Cobra 2000 GTL base station transceiver, a 4 element directional yagi turned by a Radio Shack rotator commandeered from the on air television antenna. We soon added a highly modified Cobra 148 GTL mobile transceiver and a 5 watt Radio Shack TRC 221 handheld transceiver.

Soon after, we were ecstatic to purchase from a DX-pedition team on SVG, a new ICOM IC 745 transceiver, designed and built, a 40/80m dipole with coaxial traps, and thus entered the world of amateur radio. We have never looked back...........

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