Gear
Real equipment I actually own and use — spec/reference links and real examples of it in service, pulled from the Station story and the ongoing News and Milestones log. Each item’s own page has a photo.
The IC-9700 and other AMSAT gear listed below are doing double duty on a growing Moonbounce (EME) station — see the Station page for the current build-out and a link budget calculator.
This inventory is researched and maintained with help from an AI “second brain” system I built — it cross-checks my purchase records, my own photos, and years of X posts to reconstruct each item’s history. That’s why some pages carry unusually specific provenance notes (“model read off the spec plate,” “bought as the replacement for a unit that arrived dead”) — and flags where something is still unconfirmed. The story of that system starts here: How I Built a Working AI-Maintained Second Brain .
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Amplifiers (11)
- ACOM 1200S Amplifier — Out for repair
- BTECH AMP-U25 Amplifier (70CM) — Active in station
- BTECH AMP-V25 Amplifier — Active in station
- BTECH AMP-V25D Amplifier (DMR) — Active in station
- BTECH RF Radio Amplifier (2M) — Active in station
- BTECH RF Radio Amplifier (70CM) — Active in station
- Mirage B 2518 G — Active in station
- Mirage B 2518 G (W4FRG unit) — Active in station
- Mirage B3016G — Active in station
- SGC PowerCube 500W Amplifier — Active in station
- TE Systems Amplifier — Active in station
Antenna Tuners (1)
- Yaesu FC-50 Antenna Tuner — Owned, not in the portable rig (removed 2023-10)
Antennas (39)
- Arrow Antenna — Active in station
- Bingfu Dual Band VHF/UHF SMA Antenna (2-pack) — Active in station
- Buddistick Pro — Active in station
- CHA LEFS 8010 End Fed Sloper — Active in station
- Chameleon CHA SS25 Antennas — Owned (purchased 2025-03-25)
- Comet GP-1 Base Vertical Antenna — Owned (shipped 2022-06-01)
- Comet GP-9 — Active in station
- Comet-NCG CSB-790A — Active in station
- COMPACtenna 2M/440 microBEAM — Owned (purchased 2023-01-18)
- Diamond K400-3/8C2 Mount — Owned (purchased 2024-03-14)
- EAntenna EA642ZB7 6m/4m Yagi — In service — portable
- Easy Up 33ft 2in Telescoping Mast — Active in station
- Elk Antenna — Active in station
- EZ 32A Ground Mount Mast Plate — Active in station
- FireStik K-1A CB Antenna Quick Disconnect Mounts — Active in station
- Go2Antenna — Active in station
- Hamstick Dipole — Active in station
- Harvest Taurus 6M Dipole Antenna — Active in station
- HYS Dual Band Telescopic Rod Antenna — Active in station
- HYS NMO Base Magnetic Mount — Active in station
- LDG Balun & Unun Collection — Owned
- LDG RU-4:1 Unun — In service (as of 2024-10-02)
- Log Periodic Antenna 0.1-12GHz — Active in station
- M2 6M3-SS Yagi — Owned (purchased 2026-03-04)
- Max-Gain Systems MK-4-HD 25ft Mast (Truck System) — In service — truck/portable
- MFJ-1984MP End Fed Half-Wave — Active in station
- MFJ-2240 Antenna — Owned (purchased 2023-09-25)
- Midland Mag Mount CB Antenna — Active in station
- Nagoya NA-320A Triband HT Antenna — Active in station
- Par Electronics Six Meter Moxon (modified) — Active in station
- Procomm 404 CB/Ham Antenna Spring — Active in station
- PulseLarsen NMOMMR NMO Mount — Owned (purchased 2023-01-25)
- Shark S-F10 Antenna Mounts — Owned (purchased 2025-03-25)
- Shortwave 1-49 Balun End Fed Antenna — Active in station
- SOTAbeams Carbon-6 Telescopic Mast — Owned (shipped 2024-03-31)
- Tram Browning 1191 Dual Band Antenna — Active in station
- Tram CB Antenna (217) — Active in station
- Wolf River TIA — Active in station
- Yaesu ATAS-120A — Active in station
Audio & Mic Jacks (1)
- Digirig — Active in station
Battery Chargers (2)
- Stanley 12V Battery Charger/Maintainer — Owned (as of 2026-05-27)
- Victron Blue Smart Charger 12V/25A — In service (as of 2026-05-27)
Cables (2)
- Antenna Rotator Cable, 125' — Active in station
- Antenna Rotator Cable, 50' — Active in station
Coax (8)
- Anteenna TW-16A Duplexer — Active in station
- Anteenna TW-72 Duplexer — Active in station
- AT-14 4-Way Coaxial Remote Antenna Switch — Active in station
- Daiwa CS-201A 2-Position Coax Switch — Active in station
- Messi & Paoloni Coax Assemblies — Owned
- MFJ-1700B Antenna Switch — Active in station
- OPEK CX-5 Coaxial Antenna Switch (3-position) — Active in station
- Rocket Machine Worx MiniPatch — Owned (purchased 2025-10-15)
Computing Devices (5)
- Android Phone (estate sale) — Active in station
- HamClock Laptop (garage) — Active in station
- HamClock Laptop (shack) — Active in station
- Kyocera Phone (mobile APRS) — Failed/retired
- Microsoft Surface Go 2 — Active in station
Cw Keys (4)
- CW Paddles (first set) — Active in station
- Heathkit Electronic Keyer — In the vintage collection
- Putikeeg Mini Morse Code Key — Active in station
- TABABAO CW Telegraphy Key — Active in station
Duplexers (2)
- Comet CF-4160 Duplexer — In service (as of 2023-08-16)
- Comet CF-416A Duplexer — Owned (purchased 2023-08-06)
Filters (3)
- 6m Bandpass Filter — Active in station
- K9DP 100W BCI Filter — Active in station
- RF Meca BPF10 200W Band Pass Filter — Owned (purchased 2025-08-12)
Grounding (1)
- DX Engineering Grounding & Guying Hardware — Owned (shipped 2023-09-03 and 2024-06-17)
Meters (13)
- AF-3500 EMF Meter — Active in station
- Astatic PDC1 100W SWR Meter — Active in station
- bayite DC Current/Voltage/Power Energy Meter — Active in station
- Bird 43 Thruline Wattmeter (w/ PEP Kit) — Active in station
- Mcbazel Surecom SW-28HF VSWR/Power Meter — Active in station
- MFJ-862 VHF/UHF SWR Wattmeter — In service (as of ~2024-04-29)
- MFJ-868B HF+6M SWR/Watt Meter — Active in station
- NISSEI RS-101 SWR-Power Meter — Active in station
- Powerwerx Watt Meter-PP (DC Inline) — Active in station
- Proster LCR Meter — Active in station
- RF Level Meter 100K-1000MHz — Active in station
- SURECOM SW-33 Mark II Handheld Power/SWR Meter — Active in station
- YOJOCK USB-C Tester Power Meter — Active in station
Misc & Collectibles (2)
- Communications Specialists TE-32 — Active in station
- RCA VH226E Rotator Controller — Active in station
Power Conversion (3)
- DC-DC Buck Boost Converter Module — Active in station
- DROK Buck Boost Voltage Regulator — Active in station
- TKXEC 90W DC-DC Buck Boost Power Converter — Active in station
Power Distribution (1)
- Power Pole Out-Rigger 4 — In service (as of 2024-08-19)
Power Supplies (11)
- 100Ah Mobile Power Supply — Active in station
- BTECH RPS-30PRO 30A Bench Power Supply — Active in station
- Dakota Lithium 20Ah Battery — Active in station
- Dakota Lithium Powerbox 10 — In service (as of 2026-04-04)
- EverStart 27DC Marine Battery — Superseded 2026-05 by the [[LiTime 12V 100Ah RV Lithium Battery (2nd u
- FFpower unit — Active in station
- Kungber DC Power Supply Variable 30V 10A — Active in station
- LiTime 12V 100Ah RV Lithium Battery (2nd unit) — Active in station
- MFJ-4225MV Switching Power Supply — Active in station
- PEAKINGTECH 160W Desktop Charging Station — In service (as of 2026-05-28)
- Pyramid PS7KX Bench Power Supply — Active in station
Radio Accessories (9)
- Heil Sound HTH-K Headset — Owned (purchased 2023-04-18)
- ICOM IC-705 Station Accessories — Owned (purchased 2025-03-27)
- ICOM IC-HM186LS Speaker Mic — Owned
- Mini Mic Pro V2 — In service (as of 2026-06-07)
- Mobilinkd TNC4 — In service
- WiMo IC-7300 Transceiver Lifting Handles — Owned (shipped 2023-09-03)
- Yaesu FT-891 Accessories (HRO kit) — Owned (purchased 2024-04-25)
- Yaesu SSM-17A Speaker Mic — Owned (purchased 2023-05-20)
- Yaesu SSM-63A Speaker Mic — Owned (purchased 2023-03-12)
Radios (29)
- BAOFENG BF-F8HP (UV-5R 3rd Gen) — Active in station
- Baofeng UV-5R — Active in station
- Baofeng UV-5R Mini (2-pack) — Active in station
- Baofeng UV-5RX3 Tri-band Radio — Active in station
- Baofeng UV-9G GMRS Radio — Active in station
- BTECH DMR-6X2 PRO — Active in station
- BTECH GMRS-50V2 Mobile GMRS Radio — Not currently in service
- Connect Systems CS800D PLUS — Active in station
- ICOM IC-255A — Active in station
- ICOM IC-255A (second unit) — Active in station
- ICOM IC-290H — Active in station
- ICOM IC-705 — Active in station
- ICOM IC-9700 — Active in station
- ICOM ID-50A — Owned (purchased 2024-12-26)
- Icom ID-52 PLUS — Active in station
- Kenwood TH-D72A — Active in station
- Kenwood TS-50 — Active in station
- Midland MXT275 MicroMobile GMRS Radio — Not currently in service
- Motorola Talkabout T475 FRS Radios — Owned (as of 2022-09-06)
- QRP Labs QMX Transceiver — In service (as of 2026-06-07)
- tr-usdx QRP Transceiver — Active in station
- Xiegu G90 — Active in station
- Yaesu FT-5D — Active in station
- Yaesu FT-857D — Active in station
- Yaesu FT-891 — Active in station
- Yaesu FT-891 (Ham Radio Outlet unit) — Active in station
- Yaesu FT-891 (third unit, sold 2025) — Sold
- Yaesu FT-991A — Active in station
- Yaesu FTM-300D — Active in station
Rfi Suppression (1)
- Palomar Engineers SOFLC Feed Line Choke — In service (as of 2026-07-12)
Rotators (1)
- Yaesu G-5500DC Az/El Rotator — Owned (purchased 2024-04-08)
Sdr (7)
- Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Module 0.1MHz-6GHz — Active in station
- N2EME SDR Switch — Active in station
- Quantum Spectrum DSP Gadget — Active in station
- QuantumSDR — Active in station
- RTL-SDR Blog V3 — Active in station
- RTL-SDR Blog Wideband LNA Bias Tee — Active in station
- SDRplay RSP1A — Owned (purchased 2023-04-11)
Software (11)
- APRSdroid — Active in station
- Cloudlog — Active in station
- cwtraining — In use (as of ~2024-09-16)
- Hamilton Auto FT8 — In use (as of ~2026-06-07)
- ICOM RS-BA1 V2 Remote Control Software — Owned (purchased 2025-06-12)
- Look4Sat — Active in station
- Mobile Ham App Suite — In use (screenshots 2023-05-07 and ~2024-11-29)
- N3FJP — Active in station
- straightkey (CW Practice App) — Installed (as of ~2022-07-15)
- Virgo (Meteor Sky View) — Active in station
- WSJT-X — Active in station
Test Equipment (9)
- BECEN 100W Dummy Load — Active in station
- DX Engineering RG5000HD Receiver Guard — Owned (purchased 2025-05-20)
- FNIRSI-1014D Digital Oscilloscope — Active in station
- Frequency Counter Kit (DIY) — Active in station
- Leo Bodnar LBE-1420 GPS Clock (IC-9700 High Stability Kit) — In service (as of 2024-06-17)
- NanoVNA-H (2022 unit) — Active in station
- NanoVNA-H Upgraded (2025 unit) — Active in station
- RCA WR-50B RF Signal Generator — In the vintage collection
- Tektronix 2215A 60 MHz Oscilloscope — Active
Tuners (2)
- LDG RC-100 Remote Tuner System — Active in station
- Vectronics Mobile Antenna Tuner — Active as of 2024-10-15 (confirmed by X post below); current status (2
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