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Station

I currently have two rigs at the home QTH. 

Elecraft K4D + K4D coupled with amplifiers

Amplifier 1: KPA 1500 amplifier

Amplifier 2: Acom 2000a amplifier.

Portable operations: Icom 7300 and/or an Icom 705.

Antennas are numerous and are tailored for optimal performance on my limited property. 

Low Band Antennas

I have a Force 12 160 meter vertical for 160 operation. It has a SWR < 2:1 over 40 Khz of bandwidth. I have it tuned to work 1810-1850 Khz. The 80 antenna is a four square array using the DX Engineering full -sized 80 m verticals.  Each vertical has 60 radials. The entire radial field is buried and welded together.

40 meters        10-20 meters       WARC Bands

Two 2-element 40 yagis - one is coil loaded and one is linear loaded. They are spaced at 130 and 65 feet.    The 10-20 m band uses three Force 12 C49XR yagis. They are phased to allow optimal performance. The second tower has a JK-C3s which is an awesome performer.    I have custom built yagis for 17 and 12 on a single boom with 4 elements on 17 and 3 elements on 12 m, fed with separate coaxial cables.    The 30 m band as a 2 element coil loaded yagi at 65 feet.