Biography

Gary Altstadt
N6ADO (Short for CoroNADO Island with Region 6 - CA)
Licensed on 7/30/2012 - Technician
Licensed on 8/01/2013 - General
Licensed on 8/02/2015 - Extra (Decided I better take the test before it changes!

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Transceivers
- Icom IC-7600 (HF Only, 6M-160M)
- Kenwood TS-2000 (UHF/VHF/HF)

Antenna
- "Inverted L" using about a hundred feet of stranded copper wire, a 9:1/4:1 (Combo) Unun from Balun Designs set to 4:1, one plastic pulley, two 4' Ground rods, 60 lb fishing line, one 35' telephone pole and a 31' "Jackite" mast stealthily anchored (firmly with duct tape ;)) in my tree in front of my home up around 45'. There are a couple of ground radials laid out and many more to come.
- Tram 1480 (UHF/VHF)

Amplifier
- Ameritron AL-80B (1000 Watt)

Antenna Tuner
- LDG Electronics AT-1000ProII (1000 watt, 6m-160m auto-tuner)

HT's
- Kenwood TH-F6a (70cm-220.000, 1.25m-440.000, 2m-144.000)
- Yaesu FT-1DR (Digital, Fusion - C4FM, Analog 144/440)
- Baofeng UV-5R (5W Dual Band)

Headphones
- Radiosport RS60CF Headset with a "close talk" noise cancelling mic element

Speakers
- Icom SP-20 (with mod)
- Kenwood SP-23

Digital Communications
- Kenwood TS-2000 Internal TNC
- Signalink USB for use with:
- RMS Express
- Ham Radio Deluxe
- FLMSG
- FLDIGI
- HDSDR

Other
- MFJ MFJ-4225MV (25 amp - Switching)
- MFJ-1263 Microphone Control Center
- I plan on reinstalling the RTL SDR with splitter before the IF Out filter as a modification to the IC-7600 to take advantage of the Pan Adapter using HDSDR and a HD LCD/LED Monitor

Scanner
- Uniden Bearcat BCD536HP Scanner (Trunking - Digital & Analog)

Tower
- 30' Rohn R25 Freestanding Tower with the top section plus the tilting base

Future Plans:
- The plan currently includes one or ALL of the folowing:
- HexBeam 6 - 20 Meter antenna (that includes the add-on kits) plus rotor
- Ubiquity Mesh antenna 2.4/5 Ghz antenna for internet over radio
- Magnetic Loop with rotor
- OTA HDTV Antenna
- Discone antenna for the scanner