(latviski) YL2GD Home Page Latvian amateur radio station
Gunārs Auseklis, YL2GD E-mail: Postal address: Gunars Auseklis, Klavas, Ziemera pag. Aluksne, LV-4301, Latvia Born: 1951 Certified radio electronics technician Licensed since 1973 Ex-calls: UQ2GDQ (1973-1984), UQ2GD (1984-1990) Callsign used in major contests: YL6W Member of LRAL Main hobby: improvement of antennas and equipment, contesting, DX-ing Awards: 5BDXCC, 5BWAZ, WAZ-160m, DXCC-2m, EU-DXD-1000, EUROPA-300 and LoTW confirmed DXCC Challenge-2500, DXCC on 11 bands. HF equipment (SO2R): TRX1: FTdx-101D TRX2: TS-590S + SDR PanAdapter All home made accessories: SO2R switching box, PC <-> TRX interfaces, band decoders, 100W bandpass filters, antenna switching relay box (14 antennas to 2 radios) Two home made 800W RF power amplifiers with automated band switching VHF equipment: TRX1: TS-790E TRX2: IC-9700 + Leo Bodnar GPS-locked frequency reference DB6NT transverters 144; 432; 1296 MC + SDR RX http://afedri-sdr.com/ Home made LNAs & power amplifiers: 50 MC - RX ATF54143, PA GS-35B 144 MC - RX ATF54143 PA3BIY design, PA GS-35B - YU1AW design 432 MC - RX ATF54143 PA3BIY design, PA GS-35B - Modified "SPRUT" 1296 MC - RX MGF-4919 G4DDK design, PA MD220L X 2 pallettes from https://www.italab.it/
Antennas: (all home made by myself)
Tower 1  3,5 MC - 4 phased slopes 3 band YAGI @ 27m 7 MC 2 el + 10 MC 2 el + 14 MC 4 el YAGI Tower 2 3 band YAGI @ 24m 14 MC - 4 el, 21MC - 5 el, 18 MC 4 el (supporting wires of 14 MC elements) 28 MC 6 el YAGI @ 27m 3,5 MC loop - top @ 20m Tower 3 21 MC 4 el + 24 MC 3 el 2 band YAGI @ 18m 28 MC 4 el yagi @ 22m   Tower 4 (18m, self welded) 50 MC 7 el DK7ZB long yagi @ 22m 144 MC 4 X 12 el DK7ZB 4WL yagi 432 MC 4 X 23 el DK7ZB 8WL yagi 1296 MC 1,8m mesh dish with loop feed More photos with tower building process   Overview 160m - 39m tall vertical More photos with antenna building process 23cm EME antenna - My EME Story - More photos with antenna building process 2m EME 4x16 el H-Pol YU7EF, 11m boom 2m EME 2x14 el V-Pol DK7ZB, 10m boom 70cm EME 8x23 el YU7EF, 6m boom More photos with antenna building process   6m EME 10el DG7YBN @ 8m
Software: - http://www.win-test.com/ https://dxlog.net/ + https://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmtty.php - for HF & VHF contests - https://www.logger32.net/ - for HF & VHF everyday QSOs - https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html - for VHF DX-ing - Linrad + MAP65 - for VHF band monitoring - F1EHN EME System - EME ANT tracking All QSOs after 01.01.2000 are uploaded to LoTW There are 459300 QSOs in the all times log (March 2025) Last edited: March-2025 To the main LRAL page