My QTH is diffucult for VHF/UHF work. We live in a cul-de-sak with pie

             slice shaped lot. The lot is coverd with very large oak trees. One is over a hundred feet

             tall. My tower is situated under 2 of these oak trees. Hurricane Rita in 05' knocked some

             limbs out of the bigger tree. Lucky they missed the antennas and hit the fireplace chimney!

             I lost my original radio room when my son Michael was born and had to move to the other side

             of the house and give him my room. My coax runs now have to cross the entire attic and then

            go up the tower.

             For scale it's 52 feet to the top antenna.

             For 6 meters I have a 756rpo3 and a 1kw LDMOS amplifier. The antenna

             is a 5 element homemade yagi with a M2 t-match at 35ft. The feedline is LMR400 flex.

             For 2 meters I use a Yeasu 736r and a 500watt LDMOS amplifiier.

             The antennas consists of two M2 2m9ssb stacked verticle centered at 45 feet.

             The feedline for 2m is 80' of LDF4-50 1/2" with LMR400 flex jumpers. The antenna

             antenna splitter is a KLM 140-150-2

             For 222mhz  Yeasu 736r and a 500watt LDMOS amplifier and a M2 222 5wl

             at 45ft. The feedline for 222 is 80' of LDF4-50 1/2" with LMR400 flex jumpers.

             For 432mhz  Yeasu 736r  and a 100watt rfconcepts amplifier  into a M2 9wl at 47 feet.

             Icom Mast preamp not up yet.

             The feedline is 80' of LDF5-5 7/8" with LMR400 flex up top and LMR400 jumpers on the ground.

             Total line loss is about 1.4DB

             For 1296mhz  yeasu 736r with a 100 watt ldmos amplifier and a 55el loop yagi at 52 feet.

             A DEMI 25DB preamp is mounted on the tower where the 7/8" ends and the jumper up to

             the antenna starts just below the rotator. A LNA tech. sequencer times the system.

             The line is 80' of LDF5-50 with a LMR400 flex on the tower and LMR400 on the ground.

             Total line loss is a little over 3DB.

              My primary mobile station is set up in my 04' Nissan Titan truck. Here I have a 706m2g and

              a AH4 tuner. An Alinco DR235 is used for 224mhz FM operation. I only have two antennas.

             For 6meters and down the AH4 has a 50mhz whip. It will tune to 80meters but is not very efficient on

             40m or 80m. Have made a few QSOs on 20m. The bulk of work on this antenna is on 6,10,15,17.

             The other antenna is used for 2m,224,440 it's a dimond triband. The Nissan Titan  is available with a rail

             system for tying down cargo. It's great for mounting antennas.

                   

 

             This set up is in our GMC Yukon. The Radio install is somewhat unusual in that

             it can dissapear. The radio is mounted to a hinged plate that folds back into the console. The antenna

             is a Larsen glas mount for 146/440mhz. Since this vehicle is used for going out of town it's nice to

            hide the radio gear from theives. The FT100 has since been replace with a icom 208 dual band fm rig.