The Fixed Station.
Built to last.
A deliberate, dual-band shack — HF and VHF/UHF — each with its own dedicated antenna system. Class C licence, operating with purpose.
VHF & UHF
2m and 70cm — local and regional coverage. Dual antenna system on the roof: a collinear for everyday coverage and a 6-element Yagi for extended directional reach.
Yaesu FTM-510DE ASP
The dual-band flagship from Yaesu — C4FM digital and FM analogue on 2m and 70cm. The Super-DX mode boosts RF amplifier sensitivity for weak-signal reception, while the built-in ASP (Audio Digital Signal Processor) digitally removes noise from FM audio — crucial for fringe-area contacts. APRS is fully integrated with GPS. Installed both as mobile and shack radio.
HF
Two antennas. Two jobs. A dedicated low-band horizontal for 80m and 40m, and a full-size vertical for 20m through 10m DX. Class C licence active on 10m, 15m and 20m.
ICOM IC-7300 MK II
The heart of the HF shack. The IC-7300 MK II is a direct-sampling SDR HF transceiver covering 160m through 6m (including the 4m band in the European version). Compared to the original IC-7300 it adds an HDMI output for an external monitor, a LAN port for PC-less remote control, a second USB-C port with dual COM + audio, dedicated RX antenna inputs (SMA), a built-in CW decoder, and lower power consumption. The real-time spectrum scope and waterfall make band-hunting intuitive. The definitive compact HF station.
Horizontal polarisation, combined with height above ground, gives this antenna a clean radiation pattern on 40m and 80m that a vertical simply can't match on these bands.
32 buried radials form a high-quality RF ground plane — the foundation of any good ground-mounted vertical. This is what separates a "DX vertical" from a compromise stick.
