(latviski) YL2GD Home Page Latvian amateur radio station
Gunārs Auseklis, YL2GD E-mail: Postal address: Gunars Auseklis, PO Box 23, Aluksne, LV-4301, Latvia Born: January 15, 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 Awards: 5BDXCC, DXCC-2m, 5BWAZ, WAZ-160m, EU-DXD-1000, EUROPA-300 and more than 50 less prestigious diplomas.. HF equipment (SO2R): TRX1: Elecraft K-3 TRX2: IC-775DSP All home made accessories: SO2R switching box, PC <-> TRX interfaces, band decoders, antenna switching relay matrix boxes and power amplifiers PA1: 800W RF (GU-43B) PA2: 900W RF (GS-35B X 2) VHF equipment: TRX1: TS-790E TRX2: FT-736R DB6NT transverters 144; 432; 1296 MC + SDR RX http://afedri-sdr.com/ Home made LNAs & power amplifiers: 50 MC GS-35B 144 MC - RX ATF54143 PA3BIY design, PA GS-35B - YU1AW design 432 MC - RX ATF54143 PA3BIY design, PA GS-35B - "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 - 2 phased slope dipoles (switchable East-West) 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 yagi @ 19m 28 MC 4 el yagi @ 22m 50MC 9 el DK7ZB long yagi @ 16m 144 MC 2 X 10 el DK7ZB 3WL yagi 432 MC 2 X 17 el DK7ZB 6WL yagi 1296 MC 38 el loop yagi   Tower 4 (18m, self welded) 50 MC 7 el DK7ZB long yagi 144 MC 4 X 12 el DK7ZB 4WL yagi 432 MC 4 X 23 el DK7ZB 8WL yagi 1296 MC 38 el Loop Yagi 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
Software: - Win-Test Ver-3.27.1 + MMTTY V-1.65D for HF & VHF contests - Logger32 Ver-3.30.0 for HF & VHF everyday QSOs - WSJT Ver-10 for VHF DX-ing - Linrad + MAP65 for VHF DX-ing - band monitoring - F1EHN EME System - ANT tracking All QSOs after 01.01.2000 are uploaded to LoTW There are 388 000 QSOs in the all times log (January 2019) Last edited: 17-Jan-2019 To the main LRAL page