Equipment

Transceivers

• Icom IC-746: HF/VHF Base Transceiver. 100W CW, FSK, SSB, FM and 40W AM: 160m, HF bands (except 60m), 6m, 2m. Link
• Yaesu VX-6R: VHF/UHF Handheld radio. 5W FM: 2m, 70cm and 1.5W FM: 1.25m; Receives AM, FM, FM broadcast on 504 kHz–998.9 MHz. Link
• Baofeng UV-5RA+: VHF/UHF Handheld radio. 4W FM: 136–174 MHz, 400–480 MHz; Receives FM broadcast on 65–108 MHz. Manual

Antennas

• Alpha HF6160: HF J-Pole antenna. Resonant on 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 6m. Handles 200W. SWR, Link
• Arrow Antenna OSJ 146/440: Open-Stub J-Pole antenna. Resonant on 2m and 70cm. Handles 1000W. SWR, Link
• Alfa AOA-2415: Vertical antenna. Resonant on Wi-Fi (13cm). Handles 50W. SWR
• Nagoya NA-771 SMA-F: HT whip antenna. Resonant on 2m and 70cm. Handles 10W.
• Nagoya NA-771 SMA-M: HT whip antenna. Resonant on 2m and 70cm. Handles 10W.
• MFJ-1722S: Mobile magnet mount antenna. Resonant on 2m and 70cm. Handles 50W on 2m and 25W on 70cm. Link

Antenna Tuners

• MFJ-945E: Mobile Tuner and SWR/Wattmeter. Handles 300W. Covers 1.8 to 60 MHz. Link

Power Supplies

• QJE PS-30SW I: Regulated DC power supply. 13.8V / 30A.

Telegraph Key

• MFJ-557: Morse Code straight key with a practice oscillator. Link

Terminal Node Controllers

• OpenTracker USB: APRS tracker that can also receive data. Link

Lightning Protection

• KF7P Entrance Panel: 13x13 inch galvanized steel box with copper sheet. Three alpha delta surge protectors mounted inside. Link

Computers

• Banana Pi (ALASTOR): Used for Remote Rig Control, SIP, Audio/PTT, Digital Modes, and Memory Programming. Link
• Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB (NELEUS): Used for an EchoLink simplex node. Link
• Raspberry Pi Model B 256MB (NESTOR): Unused. Was replaced by the Banana Pi. Link

Computer Setup

• Remote Rig

  I have my Icom IC-746 connected to a Banana Pi (ALASTOR).
  The Banana Pi has a USB sound card, a USB data mode/PTT cable, and a USB CAT cable.
  Banana Pi is running Raspbian.
  Linphonecsh daemon is a SIP client that automatically answers calls from remote clients. This allows me to get audio remotely. The Banana Pi has a significantly faster CPU than the Raspberry Pi, so this allows me to use Speex16 wideband codec.
  IPKall number is set up, so I can also dial in to the audio.
  rigctld daemon is a hamlib rig control system that listens for control packets. I have programmed a web page and firewall to send these packets to the rig. From the web page, I can send commands such as PTT, frequency, etc.
  Fldigi, QSSTV, and WSJT are also on the Banana Pi, which can be accessed using SSH X11 forwarding or the tightvncserver. The CPU/RAM on the Banana Pi is more than enough for this.
  A modified version of aprx daemon is running, which transmits my QTH through APRS-IS.
  Chirp is also ready. Using the USB CAT cable or programming cables for the Yaesu VX-6R and Baofeng UV-5R, I can set memory channels for all my radios.
  This was previously done using a Raspberry Pi Model B 256MB (NESTOR), but the device lacked sufficient CPU/RAM resources.

• EchoLink Simplex Node

  I have my Yaesu VX-6R connected to a Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB (NELEUS).
  The Rasbperry Pi has a USB sound card and a USB data mode/PTT cable.
  Raspberry Pi is running Raspbian.
  SvxLink daemon is running as an EchoLink simplex node.
  Using DTMF, I can control SvxLink
  It runs on 147.555 Mhz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, 500 mW. Its range does not extend far outside my home.
  A modified version of aprx daemon is standing by, which can transmit my QTH through APRS-IS.

Shack Diagrams